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Castellanos, Rodrigo (author), Michelis, Theodorus (author), Discetti, Stefano (author), Ianiro, Andrea (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)The effect of streamwise plasma vortex generators on the convective heat transfer of a turbulent boundary layer is experimentally investigated. A Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma-actuator array is employed to promote pairs of counter-rotating, streamwise-aligned vortices embedded in a well-behaved turbulent boundary layer over a flat...journal article 2022
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Hehner, Marc T. (author), Gatti, Davide (author), Kotsonis, M. (author), Kriegseis, Jochen (author)Two different plasma actuation strategies for producing near-wall flow oscillations, namely the burst-modulation and beat-frequency mode, are characterized with planar particle image velocimetry in quiescent air. Both concepts are anticipated to work as non-mechanical surrogates of oscillating walls aimed at turbulent flow drag reduction,...journal article 2022
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Arkesteijn, Joerie (author)Following recent proof of swept wing laminar-to-turbulent boundary layer transition delay through base-flow modification using AC-DBD plasma actuators, an experimental investigation is performed to study the responsible physical mechanism. An experiment is conducted on a 45° swept wing in the anechoic wind tunnel at the Delft University of...master thesis 2021
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Zoppini, G. (author), Belan, Marco (author), Zanotti, Alex (author), Di Vinci, Lorenzo (author), Campanardi, Giuseppe (author)A dielectric barrier discharge actuator (DBD) is considered and studied as a stall recovery device. The DBD is installed on the nose of a NACA0015 airfoil with chord × span 300 × 930 mm. The geometry of the exposed electrode has periodic triangular tips purposely designed for the case under study. Wind tunnel tests have been carried out over...journal article 2020
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Rezaeiha, Abdolrahim (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)Wind tunnel measurements are performed to investigate the potential for mitigation of aerodynamic load fluctuations on airfoils, as the main source of fatigue for wind turbines, using plasma actuators. The experiment consists of aerodynamic force measurements using six strain gauges and 2-component velocity measurements using particle image...journal article 2020
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van Pelt, Timo (author)This project proposes a series of experiments that involve plasma synthetic jet actuators. The first experiment will perform a jet characterisation experiment that will research the effect of orifice geometry on the overall performance of the actuator. The second experiment will built upon the first experiment and will use a plasma synthetic jet...master thesis 2019
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Serpieri, J. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)In this study, experiments are performed towards the identification and measurement of unsteady modes occurring in a transitional swept wing boundary layer. These modes are generated by the interaction between the primary stationary and travelling cross-flow instabilities or by secondary instability mechanisms of the stationary cross-flow...journal article 2018
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Desouza, Gerson (author)One of the main goals of laminar flow control is to reduce skin-friction drag by delaying the onset of laminar to turbulent transition. Over unswept wings, the leading cause of this is the growth of flow instabilities called Tollmien-Schlichting(TS) waves. This thesis aims to test the feasibility and performance of a designed Linear Quadratic...master thesis 2018
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Michelis, Theodorus (author)The research presented in this thesis focuses on boundary layer separation and, more specifically, on the related physical mechanisms, such as laminar to turbulent transition, with a vision towards effective separation control. The work is divided in three parts, each corresponding to a different separation scenario. The supporting data is...doctoral thesis 2017
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Petković, Dimitrije (author)Plasma actuators are fully electronic devices without any moving mechanical parts. Hence they have increased reliability and lower complexity when compared to conventional actuators used for same purposes. Mobile components also contribute to increased vibrations, noise, loss of energy and they require lubrication. Non-thermal plasma actuators...master thesis 2017
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van de Beek, Floris (author)A robust and flexible numerical framework was developed for modelling of dielectric-barrier discharge applicable to plasma actuated flow control. In OpenFOAM, a solver was built which solves convection-diffusion equations for ionized species coupled to Gauss’ law for electrostatics and includes a chemical model to account for the various...master thesis 2017
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Yarusevych, S. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)This work examines the effect of local active flow control on stability and transition in a laminar separation bubble. Experiments are performed in a wind tunnel facility on a NACA 0012 airfoil at a chord Reynolds number of 130 000 and an angle of attack of 2 degrees. Controlled disturbances are introduced upstream of a laminar separation...journal article 2017
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Balbino dos Santos Pereira, R. (author)The contribution of sustainable Wind Energy (WE) to the global energy scenario has been steadily increasing over the past decades. In the process, Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) became the most widespread and largest WE harvesting machines. Nevertheless, significant challenges still lie ahead of further expansion of HAWT, namely concerning...doctoral thesis 2016
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Van den Broecke, J. (author)In this work a study was performed on the electrical, fluid-mechanical and net efficiency of nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuators. The plasma actuator efficiency was tested for dielectric barriers with a thickness between 0.5 and 1.5mm and made out of four different materials: Kapton, Lexan, PTFE and silicone...master thesis 2016
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Popov, I. (author)Nanosecond dielectric barrier discharge (NS-DBD) plasma actuators is relatively<br/>new means of flow control. It has several advantages compared to more conventional<br/>means of flow control, such as small size, low weight, fast response time<br/>and controllability. It has been demonstrated to be able to promote transition of<br/>boundary...doctoral thesis 2016
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Correale, G. (author)An experimental investigation about nanosecond Dielectric Barrier Discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuator is presented in this thesis. This work aimed to answer fundamental questions on the actuation mechanism of this device. In order to do so, parametric studies in a quiescent air as well as laminar bounded of free shear layers were performed....doctoral thesis 2016
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Hofkens, A. (author)In order to extract the body force field that is generated by a plasma actuator from velocity data, most researchers disregard the influence of the pressure gradient to obtain a spatial and temporal description of the body force field. There is however some discussion whether this assumption is valid or not. The current research tries to compute...master thesis 2016
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Correale, G. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Yu Starikovskiy, A. (author)A method to quantify the efficiency of the first two operational stages of a nanosecond dielectric barrier discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuator is proposed. The method is based on the independent measurements of the energy of electrical pulses and the useful part of the energy which heats up the gas in the discharge region. Energy input is...journal article 2016
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Avallone, F. (author), Correale, G. (author)An experimental investigation was conducted on the effective efficiency of a nanosecond Dielectric Barrier Discharge (ns-DBD) plasma actuator. Back-current shunt technique and infrared thermography measurements were carried out at the same time on an upside-down flat plate in a quiescent environment. The only investigated parameter was thickness...conference paper 2015
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Bal, S.R. (author)The main driver of developments in the wind energy sector is not the absolute maximization of energy capture, but the reduction of the Cost of Energy (CoE). More and more research is carried out to investigate control of the air flow to reduce fatigue loads, structural requirements, and apply novel control strategies to ultimately reduce this...master thesis 2015
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