Dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators applied to high-lift devices for aerodynamic noise reduction

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Gabriel Pereira Gouveia da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
• Texto Completo: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18148/tde-06082019-112229/
• topic: active flow control; airframe noise; atuador de plasma; controle ativo de escoamentos; descarga de barreira dielétrica; dielectric barrier discharge; flap noise; plasma actuator; ruído de eslate; ruído de flape; ruído de plataforma aeronáutica; slat noise

Since the 1970s, when the reaction engines had their noise reduced by the increase in their bypass ratio, airframe became the most prominent aerodynamic noise source during the approach to landing. From the airframe noise sources, the high-lift devices are one of the most significant. The most studied and applied solutions for these noise sources refer to passive flow control, and there are relatively few studies related to active flow control. Active flow control is achieved by adding energy to the flow in order to manipulate it. One way to accomplish this is through the dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators. These devices create an intense electric field between two electrodes separated by a dielectric. This strong electric field ionizes and accelerates the air through collision of charged particles of the plasma with neutral air molecules. Thus, a wall jet is produced without using moving parts. In this research, plasma actuators were installed at the flap side edge, at the cove and at the cusp of the slat. Wind tunnel tests have demonstrated the potential of these devices for high-lift noise reduction, allowing for a decrease up to 0.75 dB in the overall flap noise and up to 3.3 dB in overall slat noise (with a reduction of 12 dB at the higher peak).