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Influence of the barrier discharge on the aerodynamic drag of the Zhukovskii airfoil under various air flow conditions

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The influence of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma on the total aerodynamic drag of the Zhukovskii airfoil has been investigated. With the use of the Pitot–Prandtl tube the velocity distribution of discharge-induced ion wind at a distance of 18 mm from the trailing edge of the airfoil has been measured experimentally. It has been shown that the influence of the discharge leads to a decrease in the aerodynamic drag by a value from 10 to 34% depending on the incident flow parameters and the operating conditions of the discharge system.

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  1. A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    P. P. Khramtsov, O. G. Penyazkov, V. M. Grishchenko, M. Yu. Chernik, I. N. Shatan & I. A. Shikh

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 6, pp. 1252–1256, November–December, 2011.

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Khramtsov, P.P., Penyazkov, O.G., Grishchenko, V.M. et al. Influence of the barrier discharge on the aerodynamic drag of the Zhukovskii airfoil under various air flow conditions. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 1348–1352 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0604-7

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