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Lift Regulation and Closed-Loop Gust Mitigation

Gust Encounters and Closed-Loop Aerodynamic Control / Lift Regulation and Closed-Loop Gust Mitigation

This research explores how aerodynamic loading can be actively regulated in real time when a wing is operating in strongly unsteady conditions. The work begins with closed-loop lift tracking on pitching lifting surfaces and extends into the direct mitigation of periodic and discrete vortical gust encounters using feedback control. Rather than assuming that the flow must first be modeled perfectly before control becomes possible, the studies show that force sensing, actuation, and carefully tuned controllers can be used to command meaningful lift behavior even when the flow is separated, rapidly changing, or dominated by evolving vortical structures.

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Periodic Vortical Gust Encounter and Mitigation Using Closed Loop Control

Students
Andrew KillianMichael Mongin
Citation
  • Killian, Andrew, Sidaard Gunasekaran, Michael P. Mongin, and Albert Medina. "Periodic Vortical Gust Encounter and Mitigation Using Closed Loop Control." In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, p. 2477. 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-2477
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High Amplitude Lift Tracking Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control

Students
Andrew KillianMichael Mongin
Citation
  • Mongin, Michael P., Sidaard Gunasekaran, Albert Medina, Raul Ordonez, and Andrew Killian. "High Amplitude Lift Tracking Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control." In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, p. 0046. 2022. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-0046

High Amplitude Lift Tracking Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control; A Flow Analysis

Students
Andrew KillianMichael Mongin
Citation
  • Mongin, Michael P., Albert Medina, Andrew Killian, and Sidaard Gunasekaran. "High Amplitude Lift Tracking Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control; A Flow Analysis." In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, p. 2476. 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-2476

Lift Regulation Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control

Students
Michael Mongin
Citation
  • Mongin, Michael P., and Sidaard Gunasekaran. "Lift Regulation Using Closed-Loop Feedback and Control." In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, p. 2000. 2021. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2000