Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Various Plasma Actuator Configurations on Lift and Drag Coefficients of a Circular Cylinder Including the Effects of Electrodes

In this paper, the effects of the existence of plasma actuator electrodes and also various configurations of the actuator for controlling the flow field around a circular cylinder are experimentally investigated. The cylinder is made of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) and considered as a dielectric barrier. Two electrodes are flush-mounted on the surface of the cylinder and are connected to a DC high voltage power supply for generation of electrical discharge. Pressure distribution results show that the existence of the electrodes and also the plasma are able to change the pressure distribution around the cylinder and consequently the lift and drag coefficients. It is found that the effect of the existence of the electrodes is comparable with the effect of plasma actuator in controlling the flow field around the cylinder and this effect is not reported by other researchers. Eventually it is concluded that the existence of the electrodes or any extra objects on the cylinder and also the existence of the plasma are capable of changing the flow field structure around the cylinder so that the behavior of the lift and drag coefficients of the cylinder will be changed significantly.     

Dynamic analysis of the composite laminated repaired perforated plates by using multi-patch IGA method

The bonded repair techniques seem to be the most frequent procedures in the aviation maintenance. The achieved composite repaired perforated thin-walled plate is a complex geometry with high numerical analysis cost. The NURBS-based Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) proposes a sensible and affordable tool to carry out such geometry analysis. In this context, a well-known technique is to divide the original geometry assembly into number of simple neighbors connected geometries. In the present study the free vibration analysis of the perforated plates repaired on one side with an external bonded composite laminated patch is investigated. A multi-patch geometry modeling approach is implemented in line with the first order shear deformation theory of plates. In order to hold the geometry integrity and uniformity, all the degrees of freedom between adjacent geometry patches are completely tied through implementing a Nitsche method. To show the effectiveness and accuracy of the developed formulation, some representative results are extracted and compared with those from literature. The effects of geometrical as well as material parameters including boundary condition, cutout shape, and repair layup on the dynamic response of the repaired perforated plates are then investigated.