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Modelling the Plasma-actuator-related Turbulence Production in RANS Closures by Reference to Complementary Experimental Investigations

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Complementary experimental and computational study on flow separation delay at a NACA 0015 airfoil affected by a DBD (Dielectric-Barrier-Discharge) plasma actuator is presented. The effect of the DBD plasma-actuator on the flow development towards its appropriate control is accounted through a relevant body force representing a source term in the equation of motion. The spatial distribution of the force is calculated from the time-averaged properties of the experimentally obtained (by particle image velocimetry - PIV) velocity field by applying the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The study focusses in particular on the specific plasma-related turbulence production in the equations governing the Reynolds-stress tensor. Prior to studying the airfoil configuration the computational determination of the body force and corresponding turbulence generation rate is analyzed in a wall jet flow induced by the DBD plasma actuator.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) under grant EXC 259.

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  1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics (SLA) / Center of Smart Interfaces (CSI), Alarich-Weiss-Straße 10, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    I. Maden, J. Hofmann, S. Jakirlić & C. Tropea

  2. Outotec GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 21, D-61440, Oberursel, Germany

    R. Maduta

  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics (ISTM), Kaiserstr. 10, D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    J. Kriegseis

  4. University of Rostock, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics (ISM), Albert-Einstein-Straße 2, D-18051, Rostock, Germany

    S. Grundmann

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Maden, I., Maduta, R., Hofmann, J. et al. Modelling the Plasma-actuator-related Turbulence Production in RANS Closures by Reference to Complementary Experimental Investigations. Flow Turbulence Combust 97, 1047–1069 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-016-9779-5

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