Investigation of dielectric barrier discharge plasma flow control

Effects of plasma flow control are researched on the basis of plasma exciting flow experiments and numerical simulations. Turbulent model is more effective than laminar model in plasma numerical simulation as results showed. Both plasma exciting effects of acceleration and flow separation suppression are investigated through experiments carried on the flat plate and the compressor cascades. The results demonstrate that boundary layer characteristic is modified by plasma exciting. Distributions of total pressure and velocity in the wake are improved notably for 20 m/s coming velocity and the effect of plasma can still be observed while velocity is increased to 50 m/s. For low velocity flow, plasma exciting is effective in flow separation suppression.