Modal-based nonlinear moving horizon estimation (MHE) and model predictive control (MPC) strategies for very flexible aeroelastic systems are presented. They are underpinned by an aeroelastic model built from a one-dimensional intrinsic (based on strains and velocities) description of geometrically nonlinear beams and an unsteady vortex lattice aerodynamic model. Construction of a nonlinear modal-based reduced-order model of the aeroelastic system, employing a state-space realization of the linearized aerodynamics around an arbitrary reference point, allows us to capture the main nonlinear geometrical couplings at a very low computational cost. Embedding this model in both MHE and MPC strategies, which solve the system continuous-time adjoints efficiently to compute sensitivities, lays the foundations for real-time estimation and control of highly flexible aeroelastic systems. Finally, the performance and versatility of the framework operating in the nonlinear regime are demonstrated on two very flexible-wing models, with notably different dynamics, and on two different control setups: a gust-load alleviation problem on a very high-aspect-ratio wing with slower dynamics, which involves substantial deflections; and flutter suppression on a flexible wing with significantly faster dynamics, where an unconventional nonlinear stabilization mechanism is unveiled.


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    Title :

    Aeroelastic Control and Estimation with a Minimal Nonlinear Modal Description


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 59 , 7 ; 2697-2713


    Publication date :

    2021-07-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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