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Drag Reduction by Surface Actuation

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The flow over an DRA2303 wing section is controlled by spanwise traveling transversal surface waves. The actuated flow field is investigated by large-eddy simulation. Approximately \(74{\%}\) of the solid surface is deflected by a sinusoidal space- and time-dependent function in the wall-normal direction. Viscous drag reduction by \(8.6{\%}\) with a strong decrease of skin-friction in the favorable pressure gradient region and an overall drag decrease by \(7.5{\%}\) are achieved. Furthermore, a slight increase in lift is obtained for the external flow over a realistic geometry.

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    Marian Albers, Matthias Meinke & Wolfgang Schröder

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Albers, M., Meinke, M., Schröder, W. (2021). Drag Reduction by Surface Actuation. In: Nagel, W.E., Kröner, D.H., Resch, M.M. (eds) High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66792-4_20

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