Abstract
In the present study, we numerically tested the performance of a Sweeping Jet (SWJ) actuator on flow-separation control using two-dimensional unsteady RANS (URANS) simulations over a NASA wall-mounted hump model. The SWJ actuator was integrated into the hump model at the upstream separation point (65% of the chord) and angled 30-deg to the freestream direction. We studied the interaction of the oscillating jet in this orientation with freestream and separation bubble. The SWJ actuator reduced the separation bubble size in all cases, and the reattachment point moved upstream by 41%.
Kursat Kara
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kara is the principal investigator of the Kara Aerodynamics Research Laboratory at Oklahoma State University. He teaches the Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Quantum Computing. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Khalifa University, where he received the Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2015.