Airborne wind energy systems convert wind energy into electricity using tethered flying
devices, typically flexible kites or aircraft. Replacing the tower and foundation of …

This paper presents a co-design framework that optimizes the kite design, site, and
controller of a kite-based marine hydrokinetic (MHK) energy-harvesting system. The …

This paper presents the closed-loop experimental framework and dynamic model validation
for a 1/12-scale underwater kite design. The pool-based tow testing framework described …

In this work, we present an iterative learning strategy and experimental validation thereof for
optimizing the flight trajectory of an underwater kite. The methodology is adapted to two …

This paper presents a technique for maximizing the power production of a tethered marine
energy-harvesting kite performing cross-current figure-eight flight in a 3D spatiotemporally …

This paper presents a hierarchical control framework for a kite-based marine hydrokinetic
(MHK) system, along with a detailed characterization of the dynamic and energetic …

This paper solves the inverse dynamics of a tethered kite analytically. Specifically, the paper
presents a procedure for determining the angle of attack, induced roll angle, and tether …

In this article, we examine the effects of flow disturbances resulting from turbulence on the
dynamic behavior of an underwater energy-harvesting kite system that executes periodic …

Underwater energy-harvesting kites possess the capacity, under appropriate control
algorithms, to deliver more than an order of magnitude additional power per unit mass than …

Understanding the effects of ambient turbulence (expressed often in terms of the turbulence
intensity I t) is critical to the development of predictive models for the performance of Ocean …