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ProfessorMatthewSanter

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics

Professor of Aerospace Structures
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5117m.santer

 
 
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Location

 

335City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Jones:2016:10.2514/6.2016-1303,
author = {Jones, G and Santer, M and Papadakis, G and Debiasi, M},
doi = {10.2514/6.2016-1303},
publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics},
title = {Active Flow Control at Low Reynolds Numbers by Periodic Airfoil Morphing},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-1303},
year = {2016}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This paper investigates the application of a periodically deforming airfoil surface for thepurpose of flow control at low Reynolds numbers. A physical model has been fabricatedby bonding Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) actuators to the underside of a NACA 4415’ssuction surface. The results presented build on work by Jones et al.1 First, the behavior ofthe surface when actuated at a range frequencies is investigated through a combination ofphotogrammetric and laser sensor measurements. Second, the aerodynamic performanceof this novel flow control technique is presented. It is shown that when the actuationfrequency ‘locks-in’ to the surface motion significant improvements in performance areobserved in a flight regime notorious for poor airfoil behavior.
AU  - Jones,G
AU  - Santer,M
AU  - Papadakis,G
AU  - Debiasi,M
DO  - 10.2514/6.2016-1303
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
PY  - 2016///
TI  - Active Flow Control at Low Reynolds Numbers by Periodic Airfoil Morphing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-1303
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28939
ER  -
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