Study of a Structural Plasma Influence on Characteristics of Viscous Friction and Separated Near-Surface Zone Position Under High-Speed Airflow

摘要

This report results from a contract tasking Institute of High Temperatures RAS as follows: The contractor will study the application of plasma technology for drag reduction and flow control. In particular, he will investigate the change in aerodynamic friction and the flow separation point using a modulated High Frequency (HF) multi-streamer electric discharge near a model's surface. In order to measure plasma effects on the viscous friction the experiments will be made in a wind tunnel at transonic and subsonic speeds. The short duration wind tunnel currently available at IVTAN will be used. The Mach numbers at which experiments will be made are 0.1.