Experimental and Computational Analysis of Single Crystal Piezoelectrical Driven Synthetic Jet Actuator
TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SCIENCES (EUCASS) , Madrid, Spain, 1 - 04 July 2019, pp.1-10, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- Doi Number: 10.13009/eucass2019-380
- City: Madrid
- Country: Spain
- Page Numbers: pp.1-10
- Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus Affiliated: No
Abstract
This study aims to examine the velocity and efficiency improvement of a synthetic jet actuator by utilizing a single-crystal piezoelectric disc. Laser vibrometer and hot-wire anemometry were used in the experiments to measure diaphragm displacement and output velocity, respectively. Experiments achieved a peak electro-fluidic power conversion efficiency of 43% with a peak output jet velocity of 114 m/s. A multi-physics computational simulation was developed to reproduce the experimental results. The simulation results showed an acceptable match with experimental data. Peak displacement and peak output jet velocity matched with 5% and 3% with experimental data, respectively.