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Closed-Loop Control of Separation in Subsonic and Transonic Flows

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F49620-01-C-0066
Agency Tracking Number: F013-0038
Amount: $99,983.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
PO Box 233, 663 Owego Hill Road
Harford, NY 13784
United States
DUNS: 037658379
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robert Miller
 Principal Scientist
 (607) 844-9171
 remiller@twcny.rr.com
Business Contact
 Henry Carlson
Title: President
Phone: (607) 844-9171
Email: hcarlson@htva.net
Research Institution
 SYRACUSE UNIV.
 Gina Lee-Glauser
 
113 Bowne Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
United States

 (315) 443-1824
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Clear Science Corp. and Syracuse University propose to design and demonstrate a closed-loop system for controlling flow separation on lifting surfaces over the transonic flight regime---offering the potential of significantly higher mission effectivenessin weapons like LOCAAS. Reduced-order models of the flow are required for control in real time, and these models must reflect the critical dynamics. Output to the feedback system must be physically measurable in realistic applications. Minimizing thepower requirements of an active flow control system means exploiting physical mechanisms that amplify the effects of small-scale input. Through open-loop experiments and simulations conducted by our team, we have demonstrated technology that utilizeswall-mounted sensors and pulsed jets to produce large-scale effects with small-scale input. In Phase I, we will integrate our proven technologies into candidate closed-loop control systems. We will evaluate controllers that combine low-dimensionalmodels, optimal design, and feedback control. We will evaluate sensor, actuator, and signal processor hardware based on performance, size, weight, cost, and power requirements. Controller evaluation willbe based on robustness over a range of conditions and adaptability to sensor noise, data latency, and model uncertainties. We will downselect components and a controller design for Phase II hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations at subsonic and transonicconditions.Increased performance requirements and tighter constraints on volume and weight force airframes closer to their design limits. Jet engine manufacturers must reduce surge margins for the same reasons. Airframe and propulsion system designers neednewtools for these new challenges and all stand to gain from an experimentally validated computational environment for designing systems for closed-loop control of flow separation.

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