Active Flow Control

Active Flow Control

Zero-Net Mass-Flux (ZNMF) actuators or synthetic jet actuators are versatile micro-scale fluidic devices with numerous applications in the field of fluid mechanics. Our group is focused on using DNS and LES to understand the flow-physics associated with ZNMF-based control of flow separation. We are also developing novel reduced-order computational models for these flows.

Collaborators : Louis Cattafesta (FSU) and Clancy Rowley (Princeton U.)