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Effect of ambient temperature on piston-type synthetic jet actuator

  • Qitai Eri
  • , Liang Hong
  • , Ting Li*
  • , Qiang Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The effect of the ambient temperature on the piston-type synthetic jet actuator performance is investigated numerically. And the effects of the actuation frequency and orifice diameter on mass flow, cylinder pressure and jet momentum are also analysed under high and normal temperatures as well as the effect of the auxiliary air inlet on synthetic jet actuator performance under high temperature. The results indicated that ambient temperature has a significant effect on synthetic jet actuator performance. As the ambient temperature rises, the mass flow, cylinder pressure and jet maximum momentum decrease significantly. Compared with that at normal temperature, the synthetic jet actuator performance with high actuation frequency or large orifice diameter has large degradation under high ambient temperature. In addition, auxiliary air inlet can significantly improve the suction capability and performance of the synthetic jet actuator.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1077-1086
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume232
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2018

Keywords

  • Synthetic jet
  • actuator performance
  • ambient temperature
  • auxiliary air inlet
  • numerical simulation

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