TY - JFULL AU - Basharat Ali Haider and Naveed Durrani and Nadeem Aizud and Salimuddin Zahir PY - 2010/10/ TI - Aerodynamic Stall Control of a Generic Airfoil using Synthetic Jet Actuator T2 - International Journal of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering SP - 787 EP - 793 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14806 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 45, 2010 N2 - The aerodynamic stall control of a baseline 13-percent thick NASA GA(W)-2 airfoil using a synthetic jet actuator (SJA) is presented in this paper. Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved on a hybrid grid using a commercial software to simulate the effects of a synthetic jet actuator located at 13% of the chord from the leading edge at a Reynolds number Re = 2.1x106 and incidence angles from 16 to 22 degrees. The experimental data for the pressure distribution at Re = 3x106 and aerodynamic coefficients at Re = 2.1x106 (angle of attack varied from -16 to 22 degrees) without SJA is compared with the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation as a baseline validation. A good agreement of the CFD simulations is obtained for aerodynamic coefficients and pressure distribution. A working SJA has been integrated with the baseline airfoil and initial focus is on the aerodynamic stall control at angles of attack from 16 to 22 degrees. The results show a noticeable improvement in the aerodynamic performance with increase in lift and decrease in drag at these post stall regimes. ER -