Aerodynamic State and Loads Estimation Using Bioinspired Distributed Sensing

Distributed Measurement of Aerodynamic Loads

A method for accurately measuring the drag associated with a protuberance on an aircraft has been devised and implemented in a wind tunnel using a C-130 model. The C-130 aircraft has been heavily modified for various different configurations and the impact that these modifications have had on the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft has not been well documented. This paper describes a method...

Distributed Sensing and Observer Design for Vehicles State Estimation

A Distributed Sensing System for Vehicles State Estimation

This paper presents the design of a distributed sensing system that uses an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to fuse measurements, so that automotive vehicle states can be estimated for use by a Semi-active Suspension control system. To improve ride comfort and handling quality, relative displacements and velocities of suspension systems are estimated. To control the stability of vehicles, roll, ya...

Parallel and Distributed State Estimation

The need in recent years for higher frequency in state estimation execution covering larger supervised networks has led to the investigation of faster and numerically more stable state estimation algorithms. However, technical developments in distributed Energy Management Systems, based on fast data communication networks, open up the possibility of parallel or distributed state estimation impl...

Aerodynamic Loads on Tall Buildings: Interactive Database

Under the action of wind, tall buildings oscillate simultaneously in the alongwind, acrosswind, and torsional directions. While the alongwind loads have been successfully treated using quasi-steady and strip theories in terms of gust loading factors, the acrosswind and torsional loads cannot be treated in this manner, since these loads cannot be related in a straightforward manner to the fluctu...