Projecte matriculat
Títol: Active flow control via synthetic jets
Director/a: ALTMEYER, SEBASTIÁN ANDREAS
Departament: FIS
Títol: Active flow control via synthetic jets
Data inici oferta: 22-12-2025 Data finalització oferta: 22-07-2026
Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
GR ENG SIS TELECOMUN- GR ENG SIST AEROESP
- GR ENG TELEMÀTICA
| Tipus: Individual | |
| Lloc de realització: EETAC | |
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| Active Flow control, Multi-sweeping jets, Aerodynamic efficency, CFD | |
| Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats: | |
| This project presents a theoretical and computational study of active flow control using synthetic jet actuators applied to a NACA 0012 airfoil. The main objective is to analyse the effect of the synthetic jet according to its position on the airfoil chord, with greater emphasis on lift enhancement and drag reduction associated with delayed flow separation, as this directly affects boundary layer instabilities. The jet configurations are studied and modified to obtain reduction of viscous drag, improvement in pressure distribution and interference effects over and below
the airfoil and maximize lift coefficient. The key object of the project is to show through the study in which chord configuration the synthetic jet produces greater aerodynamic efficiency. Pre and Post processing stage would include the generation of a complete airfoil design with built-in sweeping jets. It requires parametric inputs like altering the position of jets in order to calculate the induced drag and thus decrease the drag effects. The NACA 0012 airfoil design will be created with SolidWorks, where the airflow will be studied in ANSYS Fluent, analyzing components such as flow separation, velocity and pressure fields, and aerodynamic coefficients such as lift and drag. The expected result is a quantitative validation of the effectiveness of synthetic jet actuators for active flow control, contributing to the identification of optimal configurations and the possible improvement of aerodynamic performance. |
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| Orientació a l'estudiant: | |
| The student will learn the main features in airfoil analysis and design, aerodynamics and optimization. She/He has to become familiarize with the main characteristic parameters, e.g.
lift and drag coefficient, efficiency, etc. Programming languages and simulation software as AnsysFluent, SolidWorks, Matlab, and Python will be learned and/or deepen. Simulations will be performed to find optimal number design and interaction between sweeping jets. Supervisor and student will meet regular basis about once a week to evaluate the progress and discuss the following steps. In case of bigger problems the student can approach the supervisor any time in order to solve the problems as soon as possible in order to avoid any hold backs. |
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| Horari d'atenció a estudiants per a l'assignació de projecte: Regular meetings of about 1-2h will be setup weekly in order to check, discuss and evaluate the progress as well to plan the following steps. In case of bigger problems extraordinary meetings will be done as soon as possible. |
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