scholarly journals Optimal design of an aeroelastic wing structure with seamless control surfaces

2009 ◽  
Vol 223 (8) ◽  
pp. 1141-1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Perera ◽  
S Guo
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Strength Criterion ◽  
Control Surface ◽  
Test Model ◽  
Aeroelastic Stability ◽  
Weight Saving ◽  
Box Structure ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
And Control ◽  
Wing Box

This article presents an investigation into the concept and optimal design of a lightweight seamless aeroelastic wing (SAW) structure for small air vehicles. Attention has been first focused on the design of a hingeless flexible trailing edge (TE) control surface. Two innovative design features have been created in the SAW TE section: an open sliding TE and a curved beam and disc actuation mechanism. This type of actuated TE section allows for the SAW having a camber change in a desirable shape and minimum control power demand. This design concept has been simulated numerically and demonstrated by a test model. For a small air vehicle of large sweep back wing, it is noted that significant structural weight saving can be achieved. However, further weight saving is mainly restricted by the aeroelastic stability and minimum number of carbon/epoxy plies in a symmetric layup rather than the structural strength. Therefore, subsequent effort was made to optimize the primary wing box structure. The results show that an initial structural weight can be reduced significantly under the strength criterion. The resulting reduction of the wing box stiffness and aeroelastic stability and control effectiveness can be improved by applying the aeroelastic tailoring. Because of the large swept angle and resulting lightweight and highly flexible SAW, geometrical non-linearity and large bending—torsion aeroelastic coupling have been considered in the analysis.

scholarly journals Equivalent Plate Modeling of the Wing-Box Structure with Control Surface

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
Eun-Ho Kim ◽  
Jin-Ho Roh ◽  
Seung-Jae Yoo ◽  
In Lee
Keyword(s):  
Control Surface ◽  
Box Structure ◽  
Wing Box

Momentum exchange impact damper design methodology for object-wall-collision problems

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (14) ◽  
pp. 3206-3218
Author(s):  
Yohei Kushida ◽  
Hiroaki Umehara ◽  
Susumu Hara ◽  
Keisuke Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Momentum Exchange ◽  
Impact Damper ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Practical Design ◽  
Wall Collision ◽  
Damper Design ◽  
And Control

Momentum exchange impact dampers (MEIDs) were proposed to control the shock responses of mechanical structures. They were applied to reduce floor shock vibrations and control lunar/planetary exploration spacecraft landings. MEIDs are required to control an object’s velocity and displacement, especially for applications involving spacecraft landing. Previous studies verified numerous MEID performances through various types of simulations and experiments. However, previous studies discussing the optimal design methodology for MEIDs are limited. This study explicitly derived the optimal design parameters of MEIDs, which control the controlled object’s displacement and velocity to zero in one-dimensional motion. In addition, the study derived sub-optimal design parameters to control the controlled object’s velocity within a reasonable approximation to derive a practical design methodology for MEIDs. The derived sub-optimal design methodology could also be applied to MEIDs in two-dimensional motion. Furthermore, simulations conducted in the study verified the performances of MEIDs with optimal/sub-optimal design parameters.

A Classified Bibliography of Research on Optimal Design and Control of Queues

1977 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Crabill ◽  
Donald Gross ◽  
Michael J. Magazine
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Control Of Queues ◽  
And Control ◽  
Optimal Design And Control

scholarly journals Fuzzy x- and s Control Charts: A Data-Adaptability and Human-Acceptance Approach

Complexity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hung Shu ◽  
Dinh-Chien Dang ◽  
Thanh-Lam Nguyen ◽  
Bi-Min Hsu ◽  
Ngoc-Son Phan
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Control Charts ◽  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Control Surface ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Fuzzy Data ◽  
Size Condition ◽  
Resolution Identity ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Limits

For sequentially monitoring and controlling average and variability of an online manufacturing process, x¯ and s control charts are widely utilized tools, whose constructions require the data to be real (precise) numbers. However, many quality characteristics in practice, such as surface roughness of optical lenses, have been long recorded as fuzzy data, in which the traditional x¯ and s charts have manifested some inaccessibility. Therefore, for well accommodating this fuzzy-data domain, this paper integrates fuzzy set theories to establish the fuzzy charts under a general variable-sample-size condition. First, the resolution-identity principle is exerted to erect the sample-statistics’ and control-limits’ fuzzy numbers (SSFNs and CLFNs), where the sample fuzzy data are unified and aggregated through statistical and nonlinear-programming manipulations. Then, the fuzzy-number ranking approach based on left and right integral index is brought to differentiate magnitude of fuzzy numbers and compare SSFNs and CLFNs pairwise. Thirdly, the fuzzy-logic alike reasoning is enacted to categorize process conditions with intermittent classifications between in control and out of control. Finally, a realistic example to control surface roughness on the turning process in producing optical lenses is illustrated to demonstrate their data-adaptability and human-acceptance of those integrated methodologies under fuzzy-data environments.

Optimal Design and Control of a Slider-Crank Mechanism System

2012 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 608-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih Cheng Kao
Keyword(s):  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
System Identification ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Fitness Function ◽  
Local Optimum ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Modified Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Pm Synchronous Motor ◽  
And Control ◽  
Crank Mechanism

This paper mainly proposes an efficient modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO) method, to identify a slider-crank mechanism driven by a field-oriented PM synchronous motor. The parameters of many industrial machines are difficult to obtain if these machines cannot be taken apart. In system identification, we adopt the MPSO method to find parameters of the slider-crank mechanism. This new algorithm is added with “distance” term in the traditional PSO’s fitness function to avoid converging to a local optimum. Finally, the comparisons of numerical simulations and experimental results prove that the MPSO identification method for the slider-crank mechanism is feasible.

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