Gust mitigation through closed-loop control. II. Feedforward and feedback control

B Herrmann, SL Brunton, JE Pohl, R Semaan - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
Wing-gust encounters arising from flight over complex terrain or adverse weather are
unavoidable and cause large lift transients that may result in structural damage due to …

FALCON: Fourier Adaptive Learning and Control for Disturbance Rejection Under Extreme Turbulence

S Lale, PI Renn, K Azizzadenesheli, B Hassibi… - npj Robotics, 2024 - nature.com
Controlling aerodynamic forces in turbulent conditions is crucial for UAV operation.
Traditional reactive methods often struggle due to unpredictable flow and sensor noise. We …

Machine learning for flow-informed aerodynamic control in turbulent wind conditions

PI Renn, M Gharib - Communications Engineering, 2022 - nature.com
Control of aerodynamic forces in gusty, turbulent conditions is critical for the safety and
performance of technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles and wind turbines. The …

Adjoint-based full-order and reduced-order approaches for gust mitigation

B Xu, M Wei, JT Hrynuk - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Two different adjoint-based approaches are developed here for gust mitigation of two-
dimensional or three-dimensional wing models in oscillatory heaving-pitching motion. One …

Koopman-based model predictive control with morphing surface: Regulating the flutter response of a foil with an active flap

TK Wang, K Shoele - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Active flow control can achieve substantial performance gains and meet the challenges of
next-generation air vehicles and energy-harvesting devices. The use of active flow control …

Rapid prediction of flexible deformations of a gust generator vane using data-driven approaches

L Wang, M Xu, D Zhao, G Huang - Journal of Aerospace …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The aeroelastic effect of gust generator vanes with a high aspect ratio is more significant in
large-scale wind tunnels. High-fidelity numerical results based on the computational fluid …

Transverse Gust Mitigation by Deploying Trailing Edge Flap

S Li, K Ruda, P Vadher, H Babinsky - AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
During a transverse gust encounter, a wing experiences large unsteady lift forces. This study
explores the ability of a low-order model to determine flap kinematics capable of mitigating …

Reducing Unsteady Loads During Gust Interactions With Twisted Wings

B Latrobe, B Aguilar, DR Adhikari… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
The gust mitigation capabilities of twisted wings and a flat plate are compared. A gust
generator is designed and built to produce a transverse velocity profile in a water-filled …

[BOOK][B] Reduced-order modeling and adjoint-based optimization of flows with fluid-structure interactions

B Xu - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is ubiquitous in nature, and has drawn great attention in fluid
mechanics community for about a century. However, the complexity of FSI has perplexed the …

[BOOK][B] Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems

AS Lale - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Despite the remarkable success of machine learning in various domains in recent years, our
understanding of its fundamental limitations remains incomplete. This knowledge gap poses …