Prevailing utilization of airfoils in the design of micro air vehicles and wind turbines causes
to gain attention in terms of determination of flow characterization on these flight vehicles …

THE interest in micro air vehicles (MAVs) has grown exponentially in recent years motivated
by the increasing capability in miniaturizing the avionics. Equipped with small video …

HE interest in micro air vehicles (MAVs) has increased in the last decades, accompanied by
the technological advance demanded for their development. Such vehicles can nowadays …

I. Introduction ost current commercial and military aircraft are equipped with airfoils designed
to operate with turbulent flow across the airfoil surface due to its boundary layer control …

Active flow control has not found wide application in aircraft due to a combination of
technical challenges, costs, and small impact on overall aircraft performance. Future …

In the past two decades, interest in low Reynolds number applications have increased
rapidly. Recently, low Reynolds numbers flows have gained much popularity, due to …

Abstract Active Flow Control (AFC) is being investigated as a tool for boundary layer
separation delay. Increasing lift by delaying stall has been the most common objective. More …

EXPLOITING flow instabilities, active flow control (AFC) can significantly enhance the region
of operation compared to passive means, such as riblets or vortex generators. Moreover, for …

Active flow-separation control is an effective and efficient mean for drag reduction and
unsteady load alleviation resulting from locally or massively separated flow. Such a situation …

The small scale and low speeds of many UAVs has led to significant interest in low
Reynolds number aerodynamics. In post-stall conditions, efforts to reattach flow and regain …