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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Mehul Patel, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas Corke, Granger, IN (US);
Alan B. Cain, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Mehul Patel, Chandler, AZ (US);
Thomas Corke, Granger, IN (US);
Alan B. Cain, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Orbitel Research Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of designing or optimizing a control surface for use with plasma actuators for controlling an aircraft, missile, munition or automobile, and more particularly to controlling fluid flow across their surfaces or other surfaces using plasma actuators, which would benefit from such a method. The various embodiments provide the steps to increase the efficiency of aircraft, missiles, munitions and automobiles. The method of flow control also provides a means for reducing aircraft, missile's, munition's and automobile's power requirements. These methods also provide alternate means for aerodynamic control using low-power hingeless plasma actuator devices.