Active Flow Control Technique for In-Flight Small Aerial Vehicle
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 523
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluid engineering; aerospace engineering; thermal engineering
Interests: actuators; boundary layer; turbulence; large eddy simulation; computational analysis; numerical simulation; turbulence modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flow control is essential for improving the performance of aerial vehicles. In particular, active flow control has the potential to improve performance to a greater extent by interacting with the target flow. Researchers in not only the fluid dynamics field, but also in physics, control, and machine learning, have dedicated great efforts to this area. However, active flow control devices require power source mechanisms and space for moving parts. Although micro flow control devices, such as a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator and a piezoelectric actuator, have been developed, the strength of induced flow is limited.
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been adopted for various uses, such as safety, scientific observation, and transportation. The performance improvement of UAVs by active flow control is an interesting research field; however, the difficulties mentioned above exist, and much more effort is required.
This Special Issue focuses on attempts to configure an active flow control system and realize control on a UAV. Actual flight testing will be attractive, and the introductions of flow control techniques for mounting on UAVs are also welcome.
Dr. Satoshi Sekimoto
Dr. Kengo Asada
Dr. Koji Fujita
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- active flow control
- unmanned aerial vehicle
- in-flight testing
- introduction of flow control techniques for mounting on UAV
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