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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Schenectady, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Schenectady, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Schenectady, NY (US);
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for actively manipulating a primary fluid flow over a surface using an active flow control system including an active fluid flow device to provide lift enhancement and lift destruction. The method including the disposing of an active fluid flow device in the surface. The active fluid flow device is then operated to generate at least one of a steady blowing secondary fluid flow, a pulsed secondary fluid flow or an oscillating secondary fluid flow. While flowing the primary fluid over the surface to create a primary flow field, a secondary fluid flow is injected in an upstream direction and substantially opposed to the incoming primary fluid flow. The injecting of the secondary fluid flow in this manner provides for influencing of the primary flow field by manipulating a momentum of the secondary fluid flow to influence the incoming primary fluid flow and resultant lift.