Study of the active flow control on a multi-element high-lift airfoil

This thesis provides an study of the flow around a McDonnell Douglas 30P30N with an Active Flow Control device, a synthetic jet, with different configurations. The flow is two dimensional, with a Reynolds number of 1.7·10⁶ , an Angle of Attack of 5.5⁰ and a Mach of 0.7. The purpose of this device is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Guarner Escribano, Santiago
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/377382
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/377382
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aerodynamics
Computational fluid dynamics
Actuators
RANS
Active Flow Control
Synthetic Jet
Aerodynamic Efficiency
Aerodinàmica
Dinàmica de fluids computacional
Actuadors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aerodinàmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids
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Sumario:This thesis provides an study of the flow around a McDonnell Douglas 30P30N with an Active Flow Control device, a synthetic jet, with different configurations. The flow is two dimensional, with a Reynolds number of 1.7·10⁶ , an Angle of Attack of 5.5⁰ and a Mach of 0.7. The purpose of this device is to reduce the drag and increases the lift by reducing the vortex shedding at the wake by retarding the boundary layer detachment. Several Reynold Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations have been performed to determine the configuration where the maximum aerodynamic efficiency is reach. It has been concluded that the actuation is highly dependant on the position of the actuator; placed after the suction region has been two time more efficient than placed on it. In addition to this, it has been observed that the efficiency increased with the momentum coefficient, the nondimensional frequency and the angle of the exhaust velocity. All of them have played a major role on the actuation.