Numerical Investigations of Plasma Actuator Lorentz Body Forces (original) (raw)
2012, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
Plasma actuators have been extensively explored both experimentally and computationally. The electromagnetic Lorentz body force and its appropriate modeling for design optimization has been the subject of some debate. The development of a superior model for this task has further been hampered by a limited understanding of the single dielectric barrier discharge physical process, particularly in the kinetics and chemical descriptions. Because of the wide range of applications the plasma actuator has already found, we expect future applications of the plasma actuator to require more advanced physical models including multiphysics simulations. This paper focuses on the development of a full Maxwell solver for the plasma actuator as an extension of a present Lorentz body force model. We aim to develop a tool for validation of different Lorentz force models and to provide a basis for multiphysics simulations of the plasma actuator.
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