ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
A Fast-Tracking-Particle-Inspired Flow-Aided Control Approach for Air Vehicles in Turbulent Flow.
Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Natural phenomena such as insect migration and the thermal soaring of birds in turbulent environments demonstrate animals' abilities to exploit complex flow structures without knowledge of global velocity profiles. Similar energy-harvesting features can be observed in other natural phenomena such as particle transport in turbulent fluids. This paper presents a new feedback control approach inspired by experimental studies on particle transport that have recently illuminated particles' ability to traverse homogeneous turbulence through the so-called fast-tracking effect. While in nature fast tracking is observed only in particles with inertial characteristics that match the flow parameters, the new fast-tracking feedback control approach presented in this paper employs available propulsion and actuation to allow the vehicle to respond to the surrounding flow in the same manner as ideal fast-tracking particles would. The resulting fast-tracking closed-loop controlled vehicle is then able to leverage homogeneous turbulent flow structures, such as sweeping eddies, to reduce travel time and energy consumption. The fast-tracking approach is shown to significantly outperform existing optimal control solutions, such as linear quadratic regulator and bang-bang control, and to be robust to changes in the vehicle characteristics and/or turbulent flow parameters.
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