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Aerodynamic drag on flat-backed vehicles like vans and trucks is dominated by a low-pressure wake, whose control is critical for reducing fuel consumption. This paper presents an experimental study at $Re_W\approx 78,300$ on active flow…
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Reinforcement learning is employed to optimize the periodic forcing signal of a pulsed blowing system that controls flow separation in a fully-turbulent $Re_\theta = 1000$ diffuser flow. Based on the state of the wind tunnel experiment that…
We introduce a general-purpose method for optimising the mixing rate of advective fluid flows. An existing velocity field is perturbed in a $C^1$ neighborhood to maximize the mixing rate for flows generated by velocity fields in this…
This paper studies the application of the blended dynamics approach towards distributed optimization problem where the global cost function is given by a sum of local cost functions. The benefits include (i) individual cost function need…
This paper studies the benefits of pressure-robust discretizations in the scope of optimal control of incompressible flows. Gradient forces that may appear in the data can have a negative impact on the accuracy of state and control and can…
In this paper we study the problem of designing periodic orbits for a special class of hybrid systems, namely mechanical systems with underactuated continuous dynamics and impulse events. We approach the problem by means of optimal control.…
Accurate positioning and fast traversal times determine the productivity in machining applications. This paper demonstrates a hierarchical contour control implementation for the increase of productivity in positioning systems. The…
This paper proposes an integrated design optimization framework for the gain schedules and bending filter for the longitudinal control of a rocket during its ascent flight. Dynamic models representing the pitch/yaw motion of a rocket…
Cross-flow turbines, also known as vertical-axis turbines, have numerous features that make them attractive for wind and marine renewable energy. To maximize power output, the turbine blade kinematics may be controlled during the course of…
We present new scaling laws for the thrust production and power consumption of three-dimensional combined heaving and pitching hydrofoils by extending the three-dimensional pitching scaling laws introduced by Ayancik et al. (2019). New…
This paper considers a convex optimization problem with cost and constraints that evolve over time. The function to be minimized is strongly convex and possibly non-differentiable, and variables are coupled through linear constraints. In…
We develop a reduced-order framework for optimizing mixing in two-dimensional incompressible flows. Instead of optimizing the full transport PDE, the method maximizes the length of advected material interfaces, leading to a…
In this article, we provide a novel and broadly-applicable contraction-theoretic approach to continuous-time time-varying convex optimization. For any parameter-dependent contracting dynamics, we show that the tracking error is…
We present the first comprehensive experimental and numerical study featuring the turbulent wake of the fluidic pinball for a large actuation range. The fluidic pinball is a cluster of three equal circular cylinders centered on the vertices…
This paper concerns the numerical procedure for solving hybrid optimal control problems with sliding modes. A sliding mode is coped with differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) and that guarantees accurate tracking of the sliding motion…
Bio-inspired oscillatory foil propulsion has the ability to traverse various propulsive modes by dynamically changing the foil's heave and pitch kinematics. This research characterizes the propulsion properties and wake dynamics of a…
The aerodynamic performance of an isolated coaxial rotor in forward flight is analyzed by a high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. The analysis focuses on the high-speed forward flight with an advance ratio of 0.5 or…
Motion planning for manipulators under task space constraints is difficult as it constrains the joint configurations to always lie on an implicitly defined manifold. It is possible to view task constrained motion planning as an optimization…