Active flutter suppression in a 2-D airfoil using linear matrix inequalities techniques



Título del documento: Active flutter suppression in a 2-D airfoil using linear matrix inequalities techniques
Revue: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000312353
ISSN: 1678-5878
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica, Ilha Solteira, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 28
Número: 1
Paginación: 84-93
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés Flutter is an in-flight vibration of flexible structures caused by energy in the airstream absorbed by the lifting surface. This aeroelastic phenomenon is a problem of considerable interest in the aeronautic industry, because flutter is a potentially destructive instability resulting from an interaction between aerodynamic, inertial, and elastic forces. To overcome this effect, it is possible to use passive or active methodologies, but passive control adds mass to the structure and it is, therefore, undesirable. Thus, in this paper, the goal is to use linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) techniques to design an active state-feedback control to suppress flutter. Due to unmeasurable aerodynamic-lag states, one needs to use a dynamic observer. So, LMIs also were applied to design a state-estimator. The simulated model consists of a classical flat plate in a two-dimensional flow. Two regulators were designed, the first one is a non-robust design for parametric variation and the second one is a robust control design, both designed by using LMIs. The parametric uncertainties are modeled through polytopic uncertainties. The paper concludes with numerical simulations for each controller. The open-loop and closed-loop responses are also compared and the results show the flutter suppression. The perfomance for both controllers are compared and discussed
Disciplinas: Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Ingeniería de control,
Ingeniería mecánica,
Aleteo,
Aerodinámica,
Controladores
Keyword: Engineering,
Control engineering,
Mechanical engineering,
Flutter,
Controllers,
Aerodynamics
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