Abstract

A novel variant of a synthetic jet actuator (SJA) has been designed, manufactured, and tested. The novelty consists in a bio-inspired nozzle whose oscillating lip is formed by a flexible diaphragm rim. The working fluid is air, and the operating frequency is 65 Hz. The proposed SJA was tested by three experimental methods: phase-locked visualization of the nozzle lips, hot-wire anemometry, and momentum flux measurement using a precision scale. The results demonstrate advantages of the proposed SJA, namely, an increase in the momentum flux by 18% compared with that of a conventional SJA.

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