Citation: Whiteman ML, Fernández-Cabán PL, Phillips BM, Masters FJ, Bridge JA and Davis JR (2018) Multi-Objective Optimal Design of a Building Envelope and Structural System Using Cyber-Physical Modeling in a Wind Tunnel. Front. Built Environ. 4:13. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2018.00013 Multi-Objective Optimal Design of a Building Envelope and Structural System Using Cyber-Physical Modeling in a Wind T...

The integration of nonlinear neural network methods with conventional linear regression techniques is demonstrated for representative wind tunnel force balance data modeling. This work was motivated by a desire to formulate precision intervals for response surfaces produced by neural networks. Applications are demonstrated for representative wind tunnel data acquired at NASA Langley Research Ce...

This paper describes a modeling method and a new optimal control approach to investigate a Mach number control problem for the NASA Ames 11-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel. The flow in the wind tunnel is modeled by the 1-D unsteady Euler equations whose boundary conditions prescribe a controlling action by a compressor. The boundary control inputs to the compressor are in turn controlled by a drive ...

This paper presents detailed description of a novel CFD procedure and comparison of its solution results to that obtained by other available CFD codes as well as actual flight and wind tunnel test data pertaining to the GIII aircraft, currently undergoing flight testing at AFRC.

Hydrodynamic coefficients in the motion equations of any underwater vehicle are inherent characteristics of the body geometry, the geometry and location of control surfaces and other appendages and separation of centers of gravity and buoyancy. This paper reports the prediction of values of straight-line hydrodynamic coefficients for a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (PAUV) by using empi...

Soccer balls are typically constructed from 32 pentagonal and hexagonal panels. Recently, however, newer balls named Cafusa, Teamgeist 2, and Jabulani were respectively produced from 32, 14, and 8 panels with shapes and designs dramatically different from those of conventional balls. The newest type of ball, named Brazuca, was produced from six panels and will be used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup...

The experimental method employed in an anechoic wind tunnel to characterize flow-induced noise of the pigeon (Columba livia) during level flight is described in this letter. A live pigeon was managed to maintain a steady level flight at the wind tunnel test flow of 15 m/s. A microphone array was fabricated, and the conventional beamforming method was then adopted to yield the corresponding narr...

Two high-speed stereo PIV (HS-SPIV) systems have been used for the characterization of pulsed and continuous jet actuators in the turbulent boundary layer (TBL) wind tunnel at ONERA Lille, an Eiffel type wind tunnel in suction mode with a low turbulence level. The test aimed at generating an aerodynamic database useful for the characterisation of (unsteady) vortical structures responsible for t...

A series of supersonic wind tunnel tests on an ogive-cylinder body were performed to investigate the pressure distribution, the boundary layer profiles, and the flow visualization at various angles of attack. All tests were conducted in the trisonic wind tunnel of the Imam Hossein University. The theoretical shock angle at different model positions compared well with those we obtained via Schi...

This paper describes the development of transfer function models for the trailing edge and upperand lower-spoiler actuators of the Benchmark Active Control Technology (BACT) wind-tunnel model for application to control system analysis and design. A simple nonlinear least squares parameter estimation approach is applied to determine transfer function parameters from frequency response data. Unco...