Device and method for creating a distribution of unsteady suction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11434945-B2
Application number	US-201916454077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2019
Priority date	Nov 15, 2018
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A method and device for creating a distribution of unsteady suction, the device may include ejectors; and a fluidic oscillator; wherein the fluidic oscillator may be configured to switch a first flow of fluid, in a cyclic manner, between the ejectors; wherein the ejectors may be fluidly coupled to the fluidic oscillator; and wherein each one of the ejectors may be configured to create pulsed suction through at least one first aperture, and (b) pulsed ejection through at least one second aperture.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for creating a distribution of unsteady suction, the method comprises: switching a first flow of fluid, in a cyclic manner and by a fluidic oscillator, between ejectors that are fluidly coupled to the fluidic oscillator being downstream of said fluidic oscillator; and forming the distribution of unsteady suction at an aerodynamic surface that is fluidly coupled to the ejectors, by creating, by each one of the ejectors, (a) pulsed suction through at least one first aperture downstream of said fluidic oscillator, and (b) pulsed blowing through at least one second aperture.

2. The method according to claim 1 comprising creating by the ejectors (a) pulsed suction through first apertures, and (b) pulsed blowing through second apertures.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the creating of the pulsed suction by each one of the ejectors comprises allowing additional fluid to join the first flow of fluid.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the ejectors are two ejectors.

5. The method according to claim 4 comprising creating by the ejectors (a) pulsed suction through a pair of first apertures, and (b) pulsed blowing through a pair of second apertures.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the steps of switching and forming are executed without moving any part of the fluidic oscillator and without moving any part of the ejectors.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fluidic oscillator comprises feedback elements that are located at a single plane.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the fluidic oscillator comprises feedback elements that are formed from multiple portions that are located at different planes.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one first aperture and the at least one second aperture are formed in the aerodynamic surface.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one first aperture and the at least one second aperture are parallel to each other.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one first aperture and the at least one second aperture are non-parallel to each other.

12. A device for creating a distribution of unsteady suction, the device comprises: a fluidic oscillator and ejectors located downstream of the fluidic oscillator; wherein the fluidic oscillator is configured to switch a first flow of fluid, in a cyclic manner, between the ejectors;
wherein the ejectors are fluidly coupled to the fluidic oscillator; and wherein each one of the ejectors is configured to create (a) pulsed suction through at least one first aperture downstream of said fluidic oscillator, and (b) pulsed blowing through at least one second aperture.

13. The device according to claim 12 comprising an aerodynamic surface that is fluidly coupled to the ejectors.

14. The device according to claim 12 wherein the ejectors are configured to create (a) pulsed suction through first apertures, and (b) pulsed blowing through second apertures.

15. The device according to claim 12 wherein each one of the ejectors is configured to create the pulsed suction by allowing additional fluid to join the first flow of fluid.

16. The device according to claim 12 wherein the ejectors are two ejectors.

17. The device according to claim 12 wherein the fluidic oscillator and the ejectors are without moving parts.

18. The device according to claim 12 wherein the fluidic oscillator comprises feedback elements that are located at a single plane.

19. The device according to claim 12 wherein the fluidic oscillator comprises feedback elements that are formed from multiple portions that are located at different planes.

20. The device according to claim 12 wherein the at least one first aperture and the at least one second aperture are formed in the aerodynamic surface.

Assignees

• Univ Ramot

Inventors

• Seifert Avraham
• Shay Nimrod
• Yaniv Ariel
• Drori Ofek

Classifications

• F15D1/008 Primary

  comprising fluid injection or suction means · CPC title

• Y02T50/10

  Drag reduction · CPC title

• F15D1/06

  by influencing the boundary layer · CPC title

• F15C1/22 Primary

  Oscillators · CPC title

• F15C1/18

  Turbulence devices, i.e. devices in which a controlling stream will cause a laminar flow to become turbulent {; Diffusion amplifiers} · CPC title