PARAMETRIC STUDY OF SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATORS ON A BACKWARD FACING STEP

dc.contributor.advisor	Flatau, Alison B	en_US
dc.contributor.advisor	Hubbard, James E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sassoon, Aaron	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Aerospace Engineering	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-10T05:37:45Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-10T05:37:45Z
dc.date.issued	2013	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The ability of synthetic jet actuators to leverage natural instabilities in the flow field due to separation is reviewed for applications towards virtual shape change. The separating flow over a backward facing step of height h is studied under the influence of an actuator upstream and downstream of separation. Experimental tests were conducted in a wind tunnel using particle imaging velocimetry and time-averaged static pressure data to measure and analyze the affected flow fields and pressure distribution. By placing a second actuator downstream of separation, the ability to influence the pressure distribution has been shown. The two actuators demonstrated the ability to affect Cp and dCp/dx in the region from 0 - 6h after the step.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/14696
dc.subject.pqcontrolled	Aerospace engineering	en_US
dc.title	PARAMETRIC STUDY OF SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATORS ON A BACKWARD FACING STEP	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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