RAeS Hamburg lecture in cooperation with HAW Hamburg, DGLR,VDI &ZAL

Active control of air flow over aircraft wings can significantly improve aerodynamic performance. Pulsed jet actuation is a particularly promising technology - compared to steady jet injection, it can suppress flow separation much more effectively with reduced mass flow.

Outcomes from the Clean Sky 2 WINGPULSE project will be presented, which was aimed at demonstrating pulsed jet actuator concepts for flow separation control. Results from wind tunnel testing and high-fidelity simulations will be described.

Mark Jabbal was Principal Investigator on the WINGPULSE project. His main research interests lie in fluid flow control for drag reduction (experimental aerodynamics; optimization and vehicle system integration studies).

He is currently Associate Professor and Programme Director of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Nottingham and also a co-opted member of the Royal Aeronautical Society Aerodynamics Specialist Group.