4. Conclusions
Several conclusions are drawn based on the preceding analyses. This study introduces an innovative flow control technique, namely, pulse blowing technique. Evidently, flow separation can be suppressed by pulsed blowing and the control efficiency of the flap can be enhanced. With the increasing Str of pulsed blowing, the increment of lift and the magnitude of pitching moment increases gradually and a critical Str exist in which the increment of the lift and the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient reaches the maximum value. The critical Str is decided by the velocity of freestream and the geometry of model. The pulsed blowing effect is larger than that of continuous blowing when Str is larger than the critical Str. In the experimental test, the largest increment of the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient is obtained when Str is approximately 0.4 ( f = 40 Hz). This result shows that the increment of the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient with pulsed blowing is 26.7% larger than that of continuous blowing under the same blowing momentum, that is, Cμ = 0.011 and V∞ = 20 m/s. The maximum increment of the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient of pulsed blowing with Cμ = 0.011 is 72%, and the increment of the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient of continuous blowing with Cμ = 0.02 is 61%. Thus, by pulsed blowing, gas consumption is only 50% compared with continuous blowing, and another 11% increment of the magnitude of pitching moment coefficient is acquired. Therefore, pulsed blowing is an advanced control technique that can be used to improve the control efficiency of the flap.