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Physics dictates that a flow device has to leave a wake or the signature of it producing sustentation forces, extracting energy, or simply moving through the medium. Wake turbulence between aircraft in air traffic is an example of this phenomenon, and incidentally constitute a pivotal challenge to various sides of air transportation.
My PhD project consists in the development of an artificial intelligence and bio-inspired paradigm for the control of aircraft subjected to wake effects.
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Line formation of migrating birds is well-accepted to be caused by birds exploiting wake benefits to save energy expenditure. A flying bird generates wingtip trailing vortices that stir the surrounding air upward and downward, and the following bird can get a free supportive lift when positioned at the upward airflow region. However, little to no a...
Extended formation flight is foreseen to be a viable technique for fuel consumption reduction in commercial aviation. It is based on a follower tracking the wake of a leader while maintaining a constant adequate separation. This leads however to different wake dynamics compared to those of the wake of an isolated aircraft. The uncertainty on the re...
In a fuel-efficient extended formation flight of commercial airplanes, the aerodynamic benefits depend on one’s ability to surf wake vortices. This paper presents a wake vortex detection scheme based on the exploitation of the aircraft flight dynamics measurements that effectively enables wake surfing. The study focuses on a two-aircraft formation...
In a fuel-efficient extended formation flight of commercial airplanes, the aerodynamic benefits depend on one's ability to surf wake vortices. This paper presents a wake vortex detection scheme based on the exploitation of the aircraft flight dynamics measurements, that effectively enables wake surfing. The study focuses on a two-aircraft formation...
Formation flight is known for improving the overall aerodynamic efficiency of a pair of aircraft.
This work presents a bio-inspired tracking strategy that correctly positions the follower in the wake of the leader in order to optimize the benefits of formation flight, i.e. optimize apparent drag reduction.
A simplified aerodynamic model based on P...
