Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes

Synthetic jet actuator is an active flow control device that has the ability to reduce the drag force on an aircraft by controlling the flow of the wing surface. This project is to study the effect of waveform signal input, frequency, cavity thickness and voltage on the performance of the exit air j...

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Main Author: Ismail, Azlin
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spelling my-utm-ep.422602020-08-23T06:42:56Z Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes 2013 Ismail, Azlin T Technology Synthetic jet actuator is an active flow control device that has the ability to reduce the drag force on an aircraft by controlling the flow of the wing surface. This project is to study the effect of waveform signal input, frequency, cavity thickness and voltage on the performance of the exit air jet velocity of the synthetic jet actuator. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to simulate the synthetic jet actuator in quiescent conditions for five different simulation configuration; type of waveform input, frequency and jet velocity profile, frequency and maximum exit jet velocity, cavity thickness, and voltage input. The simulated results of CFD then compared to the experimental results which had been carried out by previous researchers for validation. The findings are considered as acceptable since the simulation of SJA results for each configuration is similar for actual quiescent condition. CFD prove to be a faster and cheaper tools for the development of SJA design. However, there are still other parameters that can be studied in order to improve the performance of synthetic jet 2013 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/42260/ http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:94550 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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Ismail, Azlin
Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
description Synthetic jet actuator is an active flow control device that has the ability to reduce the drag force on an aircraft by controlling the flow of the wing surface. This project is to study the effect of waveform signal input, frequency, cavity thickness and voltage on the performance of the exit air jet velocity of the synthetic jet actuator. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to simulate the synthetic jet actuator in quiescent conditions for five different simulation configuration; type of waveform input, frequency and jet velocity profile, frequency and maximum exit jet velocity, cavity thickness, and voltage input. The simulated results of CFD then compared to the experimental results which had been carried out by previous researchers for validation. The findings are considered as acceptable since the simulation of SJA results for each configuration is similar for actual quiescent condition. CFD prove to be a faster and cheaper tools for the development of SJA design. However, there are still other parameters that can be studied in order to improve the performance of synthetic jet
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ismail, Azlin
author_facet Ismail, Azlin
author_sort Ismail, Azlin
title Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
title_short Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
title_full Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
title_sort numerical simulation of fluid-solid interaction flow for two different cavity shapes
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2013
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