Wind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-Based Flow Control on a Two-Dimensional Wing with Flap

No AccessWind Tunnel Experiment of Microjet-Based Flow Control on a Two-Dimensional Wing with FlapC. P. van Dam, Sai Bharath Mothukuri, Seyedeh Sheida Hosseini, Edward B. White, Lisa M. Brown, Douglas M. Kutz and Ezequiel JustinianoC. P. van DamUniversity of California–Davis, Davis, California 95616*Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Associate Fellow AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Sai Bharath MothukuriUniversity of California–Davis, Davis, California 95616†Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.Search for more papers by this author, Seyedeh Sheida HosseiniNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035‡Research Aerospace Engineer, Computational Aerosciences Branch. Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Edward B. White https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9088-8212Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3141§Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering. Associate Fellow AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Lisa M. BrownTexas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3141Test Engineer, Department of Aerospace Engineering. Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Douglas M. KutzTexas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3141**Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering.Search for more papers by this author and Ezequiel JustinianoTexas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3141**Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Nov 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C036864SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Nield B. 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AcknowledgmentsThe research reported in this paper is funded by NASA’s Advanced Air Transport Technology project. The work by University of California–Davis and Texas A&M University is funded under agreements 80NSSC19K0486, 80NSSC20K0685, and 80NSSC21K0473 (NASA technical monitors Shishir Pandya, Ames Research Center, and Latunia Melton, Langley Research Center). Also, we would like to thank Aubryn Cooperman for her technical contributions and Boeing Commercial Airplanes for funding the conceptual design stage of this experiment.PDF Received21 February 2022Accepted29 September 2022Published online1 November 2022