Experimental estimation of the electric force induced by a blade-plane actuator

The momentum integration method is a very efficient method which allows calculating the force exerted on a fluid from its velocity field. Unfortunately, in liquids, velocity fields are often noisy and force calculations require a huge number of experimental measurements. The method proposed in this paper is based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes´ equations. It allows an important reduction in the number of required velocity fields and an easier estimation of the force. This method is applied on velocity fields in order to estimate the ElectroHyroDynamic force generated in a blade-plane device.