A review of recent developments in flow control

PR Ashill, JL Fulker, KC Hackett - The Aeronautical Journal, 2005 - cambridge.org
This paper reviews and highlights recent developments of certain aspects of flow control
concerned with reducing the drag of, and delaying flow separation on, wings and bodies …

Unsteady flow phenomena associated with leading-edge vortices

C Breitsamter - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents selected results from extensive experimental investigations on turbulent
flow fields and unsteady surface pressures caused by leading-edge vortices, in particular …

Optimal positioning of piezoelectric actuators on a smart fin using bio-inspired algorithms

AR Mehrabian, A Yousefi-Koma - Aerospace Science and technology, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper a novel approach is developed for optimization of piezoelectric actuators in
vibration suppression. A scaled model of a vertical tail of F/A-18 is developed in which …

Effects of corner modifications on wind loads and local pressures on walls of tall buildings

KT Tse, G Hu, J Song, HS Park, B Kim - Building Simulation, 2021 - Springer
In this study, the aerodynamic characteristics of tall buildings with corner modifications (eg,
local wind force coefficients, mean pressure distributions, normalized power spectrum …

A novel technique for optimal placement of piezoelectric actuators on smart structures

AR Mehrabian, A Yousefi-Koma - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of positioning of actuators and sensors on smart materials has been a point of
interest in recent years. This is due to the fact that in many practical applications there are …

Multi-disciplinary design and performance assessment of effective, agile NATO air vehicles

CM Liersch, RM Cummings, A Schütte… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article belongs to a series of publications about the activities performed within the
NATO STO Research Task Group AVT-251 on “Multi-Disciplinary design and performance …

Integrated computational/experimental approach to unmanned combat air vehicle stability and control estimation

RM Cummings, A Schütte - Journal of Aircraft, 2012 - arc.aiaa.org
M= Mach number, V= am= pitch moment, N mn= yaw moment, N mp= pressure, N= m2 q=
dynamic pressure, N= m2, V2= 2 S= wing reference area, m2 s= wing half-span, 0.769 m V …

An integrated computational/experimental approach to UCAV stability & control estimation: overview of NATO RTO AVT-161

R Cummings, A Schuette - 28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics …, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
TABILITY and control (S&C) engineers have used an iterative process combining semi-
empirical lower-order, wind-tunnel, and flight test modeling techniques to determine the …

Vertical-tail-buffeting alleviation using piezoelectric actuators: some results of the actively controlled response of buffet-affected tails (ACROBAT) program

RW Moses - Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Industrial …, 1997 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A 1/6-scale F-18 wind-tunnel model was tested in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at the
NASA Langley Research Center as part of the Actively Controlled Response Of Buffet …

The NATO STO Task Group AVT-201 on 'Extended Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air Vehicles'

RM Cummings, A Schütte - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics …, 2014 - arc.aiaa.org
TABILITY and control (S&C) engineers have used an iterative process combining semi-
empirical lower-order, wind-tunnel, and flight test modeling techniques to determine the …