Nanosecond DBD-Induced Shock and Thermal Perturbations on Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flow

Nadav Friedman, Kostiantyn Kuzmenko, Oshri Ifergan +1

Nanosecond-pulsed dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators were investigated on a generic blunt body in a Mach 6 Ludwieg tube to characterize the pressure and thermal pe…