This paper presents the design, synthesis, and performance of an optimal setpoint high angle-of-attack lateralldirectional controller for the X-29A aircraft equipped with forebody vortex flow control nozzles. The closed-loop control law is full state feedback, and is synthesized using a linear time-invariant generic model of the X-29A. Results demonstrate that by proper selection of the weighti...

Flies are among the most agile of flying insects, a capacity that ultimately results from their nervous system's control over steering muscles and aerodynamic forces during flight. In order to investigate the relationships among neuromuscular control, musculo-skeletal mechanics and flight forces, we captured high-speed, three-dimensional wing kinematics of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina, while ...

Optimum Aerodynamic Design Using CFD and Control Theory

This paper presents an intelligent fault tolerant flight control system that blends aerodynamic and propulsion actuation for safe flight operation in the presence of actuator failures. Fault tolerance is obtained by a nonlinear adaptive control strategy based on on-line learning neural networks and actuator reallocation scheme. The adaptive control block incorporates a recently developed techni...

The paper presents a design procedure for anti-vortex endplates that are fitted to tip limited blades of the subsonic axial fans utilised in compact cooling units. The authors study the impact of tip leakage vortex bursting on the performance of the studied class of fans. The vortex breakdown occurs in the swirling flows at a blade’s tip, and is found to be a flow feature associated with the pr...

Aerodynamic flow control effected by interactions of surface-mounted synthetic (zero net mass flux) jet actuators with a local cross flow is reviewed. These jets are formed by the advection and interactions of trains of discrete vortical structures that are formed entirely from the fluid of the embedding flow system, and thus transfer momentum to the cross flow without net mass injection across...

Aerodynamic flow control effected by interactions of surface-mounted synthetic (zero net mass flux) jet actuators with a local cross flow is reviewed. These jets are formed by the advection and interactions of trains of discrete vortical structures that are formed entirely from the fluid of the embedding flow system, and thus transfer momentum to the cross flow without net mass injection across...

Aerodynamic vibrations inherently occur on a long-span-length bridge. The vibrations are roughly classified into vortex-excited vibration and self-excited vibration both are induced by separation flow from the leading edge of the structure. As aerodynamic vibrations frequently cause fatal damage to the structure, the suppression method of vibration has been studied for a long time. Two methods ...

A blended autopilot algorithm is developed using generalized predictive control and adaptive non-singular terminal sliding mode control, for dual control missile steered by combination of aerodynamic fins and reaction jets. The blended algorithm considers the reaction jets control design prior due to its inherent control error, and then treats the aerodynamic fin control on the basis of the rea...

Variable speed wind turbines are designed to follow wind speed variations in low winds in order to maximize aerodynamic efficiency. Unfortunately, uncertainty in the aerodynamic parameters may lead to sub-optimal power capture in variable speed turbines. Adaptive generator torque control is one method of eliminating this suboptimality; however, before adaptive control can become widely used in ...