Airfoil boundary-layer control through pulsating jets [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Álvaro Pereira Coppieters

Airfoil Boundary-Layer Control throughPulsating JetsVom Fachbereich Maschinenbauan der Technischen Universita¨t DarmstadtzurErlangung des Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.)genehmigteD i s s e r t a t i o nvorgelegt von´M. Sc. Alvaro Pereira Coppietersaus S˜ao Paulo, BrasilienBerichterstatter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. StoffelMitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. TropeaTag der Einreichung: 03.05.2010Tag der Mundlichen Prufung: 16.06.2010¨ ¨Darmstadt 2011D17Hiermit versichere ich, die vorliegende Doktorarbeit unter der Betreu-ung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Stoffel nur mit den angegebenen Hilfsmittelnselbstaendig angefertigt zu haben.´Alvaro Pereira Coppieters Darmstadt, den 18.04.2010AcknowledgmentI would like to thank the people that have been involved in making thiswork possible.My parents, Isabel and Percival who gave me the motivation to go forthings in life I think have to be done. My wife Alice, who have beenalways on my side and gave me the support I needed along this way.My advisor Professor Dr.-Ing. Bernd Stoffel, for giving me this opportu-nity. His motivation and patience have proved invaluable in helping mecomplete this work. I would like to mention Mr. B. Matyschok and Pro-fessor Dr.-Ing. P. Peltz from FST and Mrs. S. Wallner for her goodwill.I would also like to thank Mr. U. Trometer and Mr. A. Schuler from theworkshop, whose ability permited to implement the concepts developedduring this work.