International audienceA simple model of synthetic (zero-net mass-flux) micro-jet is proposed and implemented in a large-eddysimulation spectral solver of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. Essentially, it is simplyrequired to introduce a penalty like term in the momentum equation, with a variable penalty coefficientthat culminates during the expulsion phase. Examples of applications are considered for the control ofseveral turbulent wake flows, the backward facing step, the D-shaped body and the square backAhmed body