Body Force Produced by a SDBD Plasma Actuator Using PIV Measurement

An experimental investigation on body force of Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) plasma actuator aimed at low power flow control applications is presented. Momentum conservation equations have been adopted for a steady two dimensional laminar flow to calculate the body force produced by DBD plasma actuator. The momentum flux and viscous forces of different control volumes have been investigated, but the pressure force is neglected in the present work. Furthermore a parametric study on body force is conducted for a wide range of carrier frequency. It is shown that the body forces of different control volumes are different and for a given control volume the body force reaches a peak value when carrier frequency is at 25 kHz and the peak-peak voltage is at 12kV.