公开(公告)号：US20230137457A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US17916292

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.

Inventor： Subrata Roy ,  Sarthak Roy

IPC: B64C21/00 ,  B64C23/06 ,  H05H1/24 ,  F15D1/12

Abstract: The present disclosure presents systems, apparatuses, and methods of active flow controls for dissipating tip vortices. In this regard, a method comprises positioning one or more fan-shaped plasma actuators on an end surface of a tip of one or more airfoils of an aircraft, wherein the fan-shaped plasma actuators are surface compliant with the surface of the tip of the one or more airfoils; and activating the one or more fan-shaped plasma actuators during a flight of the aircraft, wherein at least one tip vortex generated by a flight of the aircraft is reduced by an introduction of one or more vortices generated by the one or more fan-shaped plasma actuators on the end surface of the tip of the one or more airfoils of the aircraft. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented.