SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AND CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW OVER A SURFACE

摘要

The present invention provides a system and method for actively manipulating and controlling aerodynamic or hydrodynamic fluid flow (10) over a surface. More specifically, the present invention provides a system and method to control aerodynamic or hydrodynamic fluid flow behavior of a ducted fluid flow using very-small-scale effectors (12). The system and method for actively manipulating and controlling fluid flow over a surface (20) includes the placement of arrays (14) of very-small-scale effectors on ducted surfaces bounding the ducted fluid flow. These very-small-scale effectors actively manipulate the boundary layer to control the flow behavior of the ducted fluid flow and suppress or prevent flow separation within the primary fluid flow (10A).