Optimal controller for turbulent flow over an airfoil /

The objectives of this project are twofold: to develop a detached-eddy simulation (DES) technique for turbulent flows past an airfoil at a high angle of attack, and to explore new control strategies for the separated flow, utilizing modern control theories. A system identification approach is used to construct an approximate linear system model for complex flows. The linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control synthesis is then used to design optimal controllers for the identified linear model. A system-identification-LQG approach is applied to control a separated boundary layer flow on a flat plate. The controller design based on the identified linear model is shown to reduce the time-averaged separation bubble size.Photocopy."May 17, 2006.""Final Report : January 1, 2003 -- December 31, 2005."Includes bibliographic refereces (pages 92-97).The objectives of this project are twofold: to develop a detached-eddy simulation (DES) technique for turbulent flows past an airfoil at a high angle of attack, and to explore new control strategies for the separated flow, utilizing modern control theories. A system identification approach is used to construct an approximate linear system model for complex flows. The linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control synthesis is then used to design optimal controllers for the identified linear model. A system-identification-LQG approach is applied to control a separated boundary layer flow on a flat plate. The controller design based on the identified linear model is shown to reduce the time-averaged separation bubble size.Report prepared by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Caliornia, under contract no.Mode of access: Internet