Demonstration Study of Hierarchical Control of Fluid-Dynamic Phenomena.

Abstract

This document is a final report for ONR grant N00014-89-J-3018, 'Demonstration Study of Hierarchical Control of Fluid-Dynamic Phenomena.' Our overall objective was to develop a laboratory experiment wherein the performance of a fluid dynamic process would be effectively controlled using a model-based system controller. We considered, as a sample fluid-dynamic process, the flow over a high-lift circulation-control wing. The essence of our model-based approach was a progression of fluid-dynamic models corresponding to the expected range of complexity in the attached and separated flow of the experiment. Development of the demonstration involved both fabrication and testing of the high-lift wing model and test apparatus, as well as coding and evaluation of the control algorithms and fluid-dynamic models. preparatory to this development, a flow facility in which to conduct the experiments had to be designed and constructed. Unfortunately, due to delays in completion of this facility, the demonstration experiments could not be carried out within the budget of the grant. Our overall objective was therefore not met, however, we will report here on the substantial progress we did make to establish the capabilities cited above.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289341

Entities

People

  • Edward Hensel
  • Gregory A. Reynolds

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Rate
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Traversing Mechanisms

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Software Engineering