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 2008-3.3.4

FOREBODY VORTEX CONTROL ON HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT USING PWM-CONTROLLED PLASMA ACTUATORS

T. Matsuno, H. Kawazoe, R. C. Nelson*, T. C. Corke*
Tottori Univ., Japan; *Univ. of Notre Dame, USA

Keywords: flow control, aerodynamic load, high incidence, plasma actuator

The active flow control technology using plasma actuators is developed to exploit the bi-stable nature of the asymmetric forebody vortex wake for lateral/directional control in low-speed and high angle of attack regimes. The wind tunnel experiments have confirmed that the plasma actuator can be used to displace forebody vortices.

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