The work performed in this thesis explores new ways of reducing the drag of ground vehicles. Specifically, the effect of plasma actuators are investigated numerically with the intention to delay separation around a half-cylinder, a geometry chosen to represent a simplified A-pillar of a truck. The plasma actuators have to be included in turbulent flow simulations. Therefore, emphasis is first put on finding a numerical model that can reproduce the effect of the plasma without increasing the computational cost. This effect is modeled through a body force term added to the Navier-Stokes equations. To determine the strength and spatial extent of this body force, optimization was performed to minimize the difference between experimental and sim...
This thesis details the aerodynamic testing of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator ...
DBD (dielectric barrier discharge) plasma actuators have in recent years become increasingly attract...
International audienceFlow around a square cylinder controlled using plasma actuators (PAs) is numer...
This thesis is motivated by the application of active flow control on the cabin of trucks, thereby p...
This Master Thesis work cover the simulation of the movement of charged species exposed to a high gr...
The fuel consumption of vehicles plays an important environmental role and ways of improving the fue...
The present work used an in-house code (FASTEST) for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equati...
Aerodynamics drag reduction has an advantage in terms of conversion and conservation energy. Many t...
The goal of this thesis was to both theoretically and experimentally show the effect of a plasma act...
In this thesis a new aerodynamic model to simulate the effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge actuat...
Flow past a cylinder is one of the things that is very applicable in everyday life. But behind those...
Control of flow over a circular cylinder by means of plasma actuators is numerically investigated. L...
The dynamics of fluid motion can accurately be described by the Navier– Stokes equations. Manipulati...
Plasma actuators are devices that with two electrodesand a dielectric material can ionize the air ar...
This study reports an efficient reduction of the drag exerted by a flow on a cylinder when the forme...
This thesis details the aerodynamic testing of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator ...
DBD (dielectric barrier discharge) plasma actuators have in recent years become increasingly attract...
International audienceFlow around a square cylinder controlled using plasma actuators (PAs) is numer...
This thesis is motivated by the application of active flow control on the cabin of trucks, thereby p...
This Master Thesis work cover the simulation of the movement of charged species exposed to a high gr...
The fuel consumption of vehicles plays an important environmental role and ways of improving the fue...
The present work used an in-house code (FASTEST) for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equati...
Aerodynamics drag reduction has an advantage in terms of conversion and conservation energy. Many t...
The goal of this thesis was to both theoretically and experimentally show the effect of a plasma act...
In this thesis a new aerodynamic model to simulate the effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge actuat...
Flow past a cylinder is one of the things that is very applicable in everyday life. But behind those...
Control of flow over a circular cylinder by means of plasma actuators is numerically investigated. L...
The dynamics of fluid motion can accurately be described by the Navier– Stokes equations. Manipulati...
Plasma actuators are devices that with two electrodesand a dielectric material can ionize the air ar...
This study reports an efficient reduction of the drag exerted by a flow on a cylinder when the forme...
This thesis details the aerodynamic testing of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuator ...
DBD (dielectric barrier discharge) plasma actuators have in recent years become increasingly attract...
International audienceFlow around a square cylinder controlled using plasma actuators (PAs) is numer...