Plasma-based aerodynamic actuators can modify a flow field without the need for moving control surfaces or a source of pressurized air. Actuator power consumption and thrust production were measured for driving frequencies between 1 and 18 kHz, and for driving voltages of 6 and 9 kV peak to peak. The actuator consumed between 3 and 22 W, and produced thrust levels between 0.05 and 0.2 mN per me...

Abstract A numerical algorithm is proposed for simulation of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators including photo-ionization. The computational bottleneck related to a very long computing time has been circumvented by suppressing pulses and proposing mean model. It incorporates an artificial damping term into electron transport equation suppress formation pulses, which significantl...

We demonstrate that a flexible dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma actuator fabricated by an inkjet printing process using metallic inks generates stable surface discharge and ionic wind for active airflow control. The establishment of practical fabrication method DBD actuators is critical issue to be tackled industrial applications. requires just the sintering processes while conventiona...

BACKGROUND Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) requires long training and has low success rates, primarily due to poor control over the injection force. Making force feedback available to the operator will improve the success rate of the injection task. A macro-micro-teleoperation system bridges the gap between the task performed at the micro-level and the macroscopic movements of the opera...