Swirling jet actuator for control of separated and mixing flows
Publication Type:
Patent
Authors:
Co-Authors:
Phillip Munday
Year Published:
2018
Abstract:
The present invention includes a method of controlling a fluid flow using momentum and/or vorticity injections. Actively controlling an actuator allows for direct, precise, and independent control of the momentum and swirl entering into the fluid system. The perturbations are added to the flow field in a systematic mater providing tunable control input, thereby modifying behavior thereof in a predictable manner to improve the flow characteristics.
Patent Information:
US9989078B2
Date Published:
6/5/2018