26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-3.11.3

AERODYNAMIC STALL SUPPRESSION ON AEROFOIL SECTIONS USING PASSIVE AIR JET VORTEX GENERATORS

S. A. Prince, V. Khodagolian, C. Singh, S. Moir, A. Kokkalis*
City Univ., UK; *CeBeNetwork Engineering & IT GmbH, Germany

Keywords: stall suprression, passive air jet, vortex generators

A combined experimental and computational study has been performed to assess a novel steady blowing AJVG system which requires no pressurised air plenum. Significant low speed aerodynamic performance enhancements were demonstrated with no active energy input – either mechanical or electrical.

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