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The real power of artificial intelligence appears in reinforcement learning, which is computationally and physically more sophisticated due to its dynamic nature. Rotation and injection are some of the proven ways in active flow control for…
This note presents an embedded automatic control strategy for a low consumption vehicle equipped with an "on/off" engine. The main difficulties are the hybrid nature of the dynamics, the non smoothness of the dynamics of each mode, the…
This study employs Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for active flow control in a turbulent flow field of high Reynolds numbers at $Re=274000$. That is, an agent is trained to obtain a control strategy that can reduce the drag of a cylinder…
We investigate open- and closed-loop active control for aerodynamic drag reduction of a car model. Turbulent flow around a blunt-edged Ahmed body is examined at $Re_{H}\approx3\times10^{5}$ based on body height. The actuation is performed…
An electrohydrodynamic numerical model is used to explore the electrospray emission behavior of both moderate and high electrical conductivity liquids under electrospray conditions. The Volume-of-Fluid method, incorporating a…
Solid-state electro-aerodynamic propulsion systems are devices that utilize atmospheric pressure corona discharge and have been actively researched in recent years as a means of achieving silent drones. However, these systems contain…
Underexpanded jets are present in various engineering applications; in recent years, they have gained special attention because of the development of gas-fueled propulsion systems. In these apparatuses, the direct injection of fuels such as…
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTR) are the most important and central equipment in many chemical and biochemical industry that exhibit second order complex nonlinear dynamics. The nonlinear dynamics of CSTR poses many design and…
Reinforcement learning has by now become well established in finding excellent flow control strategies for a variety of scenarios. Existing literature has focused on using a simple two-jet solution (and variants there-of) or a…
A model of an electron-beam-plasma system is introduced to model the electrical breakdown physics of low-pressure nitrogen irradiated by an intense pulsed electron beam. The rapidly rising beam current induces an electric field which drives…
We present a steady jet flow-based flow control of flexible membrane wings for an adaptive and efficient motion of bat-inspired drones in complex flight environments. A body-fitted variational computational aeroelastic framework is adopted…
Closed-loop control of turbulent flows is a challenging problem with important practical and fundamental implications. We perform closed-loop control of forced, turbulent jets based on a wave-cancellation strategy. The study is motivated by…
Soft robotic systems are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but traditional physics-based models struggle to capture their complex, nonlinear behaviors. This study explores a data-driven approach to modeling the…
Since conventional approaches could not adapt to dynamic traffic conditions, reinforcement learning (RL) has attracted more attention to help solve the traffic signal control (TSC) problem. However, existing RL-based methods are rarely…
In the quest for electrically-driven soft actuators, the focus has shifted away from liquid-gas phase transition, commonly associated with reduced strain rates and actuation delays, in favour of electrostatic and other electrothermal…
The ability to robustly and efficiently control the dynamics of nonlinear systems lies at the heart of many current technological challenges, ranging from drug delivery systems to ensuring flight safety. Most such scenarios are too complex…
We present a hierarchical architecture to improve the efficiency of event-triggered control (ETC) in reducing resource consumption. This paper considers event-triggered systems generally as an impulsive control system in which the objective…
The paper considers non-stationary responses in reduced-order model of partially liquid-filled tank under external forcing. The model involves one common degree of freedom for the tank and the non-sloshing portion of the liquid, and the…
Autonomous quadrotor flight in confined spaces such as pipes and tunnels presents significant challenges due to unsteady, self-induced aerodynamic disturbances. Very recent advances have enabled flight in such conditions, but they either…
In this paper, a predictive constraint-aware control scheme is formulated within the Command Governor (CG) framework for localized hydration management of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system. First, a comprehensive nonlinear…