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A Review of Flow Control for Gust Load Alleviation [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2022 Effective control of aerodynamic loads, such as maneuvering load and gust load, allows for reduced structural weight and therefore greater aerodynamic efficiency.
Yonghong Li, Ning Qin
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A Comprehensive Robust Adaptive Controller for Gust Load Alleviation [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 The objective of this paper is the implementation and validation of an adaptive controller for aircraft gust load alleviation. The contribution of this paper is the design of a robust controller that guarantees the reduction of the gust loads, even when ...
Elisa Capello +2 more
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Gust Load Alleviation Control Strategies for Large Civil Aircraft through Wing Camber Technology
ActuatorsThis paper introduces three new gust load alleviation control strategies, which are based on variable camber technology, to achieve the design requirements for the safety, economy, and comfort of modern civil aircraft.
Shanshan Zhang +4 more
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Fuzzy logic based nonlinear blending hybrid control of a kestrel-inspired ornithopter operating in sinusoidal and dryden gusts [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPersistent gust disturbances and unsteady atmospheric dynamics remain a critical barrier to the stable and efficient flight of ornithopters. However, in nature, millions of avian species exhibit extraordinary inherent stability and aerodynamic ...
S. H. Abbasi +3 more
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Wind Turbine Gust Load Alleviation with Active Flow Control
Energies, 2022 Large wind turbine rotors are becoming more common in utility-scale wind power, especially for offshore wind plants. However, the trend toward large rotors can be limited by their ability to manage dynamic and extreme loads.
Chang Liu +2 more
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Aerospace, 2023 Based on measured gust information, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) adaptive feed-forward control scheme for gust load alleviation (GLA) on a semi-span flying-wing aircraft using multiple control surfaces is proposed.
Liqi Zhang, Yonghui Zhao
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Gust Alleviation and Wind Tunnel Test by Using Combined Feedforward Control and Feedback Control
Aerospace, 2022 Gust alleviation is of great significance for improving aircraft ride quality and reducing gust load. Using aircraft response (feedback control) and gust disturbance information (feedforward control) to improve the gust alleviation effect is worthy of ...
Yitao Zhou, Zhigang Wu, Chao Yang
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Analysis Regarding the Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence on Aircraft Dynamics [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2016 This paper will analyze the Gust Load Alleviation (GLA) systems which can be used to reduce the effects of atmospheric turbulences generated by wind gusts on vertical acceleration of aircraft.
Gabriela STROE, Irina-Carmen ANDREI
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Aerospace, 2022 In recent years, load alleviation technologies have been more widely used in transport aircraft. For aircraft already in service, load alleviation can contribute in extending the fatigue life, or enable small configurational changes.
Vega Handojo +4 more
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Development of an Active Wingtip for Aeroelastic Control
Aerospace, 2023 This paper presents the design of an innovative wingtip device actively actuated to control the aeroelastic loads, with a focus on the gust load alleviation.
Francesco Toffol, Sergio Ricci
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