One-Dimensional Analytical Model Development of a Plasma-Based Actuator

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dc.contributor.advisorFlatau, Alison Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorPopkin, Sarah Haacken_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-26T05:36:39Z
dc.date.available2014-06-26T05:36:39Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation provides a method for modeling the complex, multi-physics, multi-dimensional processes associated with a plasma-based flow control actuator, also known as the SparkJet, by using a one-dimensional analytical model derived from the Euler and thermodynamic equations, under varying assumptions. This model is compared to CFD simulations and experimental data to verify and/or modify the model where simplifying assumptions poorly represent the real actuator. The model was exercised to explore high-frequency actuation and methods of improving actuator performance. Using peak jet momentum as a performance metric, the model shows that a typical SparkJet design (1 mm orifice diameter, 84.8 mm<super>3</super> cavity volume, and 0.5 J energy input) operated over a range of frequencies from 1 Hz to 10 kHz shows a decrease in peak momentum corresponding to an actuation cutoff frequency of 800 Hz. The model results show that the cutoff frequency is primarily a function of orifice diameter and cavity volume. To further verify model accuracy, experimental testing was performed involving time-dependent, cavity pressure and arc power measurements as a function of orifice diameter, cavity volume, input energy, and electrode gap. The cavity pressure measurements showed that pressure-based efficiency ranges from 20% to 40%. The arc power measurements exposed the deficiency in assuming instantaneous energy deposition and a calorically perfect gas and also showed that arc efficiency was approximately 80%. Additional comparisons between the pressure-based modeling and experimental results show that the model captures the actuator dependence on orifice diameter, cavity volume, and input energy but over-estimates the duration of the jet flow during Stage 2. The likely cause of the disagreement is an inaccurate representation of thermal heat transfer related to convective heat transfer or heat loss to the electrodes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15455
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigh temperature physicsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPlasma physicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledExperimenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlow Controlen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledModelingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSparkJeten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSupersonicen_US
dc.titleOne-Dimensional Analytical Model Development of a Plasma-Based Actuatoren_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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