Abstract
Our sense of touch allows us to feel the forces in our limbs when we walk, swim, or hold our arms out the window of a moving car. We anticipate this sense is key in the locomotion of natural flyers. Inspired by the sense of touch, the overall goal of this research is to develop techniques for the estimation of aerodynamic loads from structural measurements for flight control applications. We submit a general algorithm for the direct estimation of distributed steady loads over bodies from embedded noisy deformation-based measurements. The estimation algorithm is applied to a linearly elastic membrane test problem where three applied distributed loads are estimated using three measurement configurations with various amounts of noise. We demonstrate accurate load estimates with simple sensor configurations, despite noisy measurements. Online real-time aerodynamic load estimates may lead to flight control designs that improve the stability and agility of micro air vehicles.
Recommended Citation
J. R. Singler et al., "Structural Measurements for Enhanced MAV Flight," Proceedings of the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference (2010, Toronto, ON, Canada), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Aug 2010.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2010-7933
Meeting Name
AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference AIAA ARC, (2010: Aug. 2-5, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
05 Aug 2010
