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F-8C adaptive flight control extensions
An adaptive concept which combines gain-scheduled control laws with explicit maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) identification to provide the scheduling values is described. The MLE algorithm was improved by incorporating attitude data, estimating gust statistics for setting filter gains, and improving parameter tracking during changing flight conditions. A lateral MLE algorithm was designed to improve true air speed and angle of attack estimates during lateral maneuvers. Relationships between the pitch axis sensors inherent in the MLE design were examined and used for sensor failure detection. Design details and simulation performance are presented for each of the three areas investigated
Digital adaptive controllers for VTOL vehicles. Volume 1: Concept evaluation
A digital self-adaptive flight control system was developed for flight test in the VTOL approach and landing technology (VALT) research aircraft (a modified CH-47 helicopter). The control laws accept commands from an automatic on-board guidance system. The primary objective of the control laws is to provide good command-following with a minimum cross-axis response. Three attitudes and vertical velocity are separately commanded. Adaptation of the control laws is based on information from rate and attitude gyros and a vertical velocity measurement. The final design resulted from a comparison of two different adaptive concepts--one based on explicit parameter estimates from a real-time maximum-likelihood estimation algorithm, the other based on an implicit model reference adaptive system. The two designs were compared on the basis of performance and complexity
Digital adaptive controllers for VTOL vehicles. Volume 2: Software documentation
The VTOL approach and landing test (VALT) adaptive software is documented. Two self-adaptive algorithms, one based on an implicit model reference design and the other on an explicit parameter estimation technique were evaluated. The organization of the software, user options, and a nominal set of input data are presented along with a flow chart and program listing of each algorithm
NLO Corrections to Deeply-Virtual Compton Scattering
We have calculated the NLO corrections to the twist-2 part of the
deeply-virtual Compton scattering amplitude. Our results for the transverse and
antisymmetric parts agree with recent calculations by Ji and Osborne and by
Belitsky and M\"uller. In addition we present NLO results for the longitudinal
part of the amplitude.Comment: 8 pages, Latex. Error in polarised gluonic coefficient in Eq.(8)
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F-8C adaptive control law refinement and software development
An explicit adaptive control algorithm based on maximum likelihood estimation of parameters was designed. To avoid iterative calculations, the algorithm uses parallel channels of Kalman filters operating at fixed locations in parameter space. This algorithm was implemented in NASA/DFRC's Remotely Augmented Vehicle (RAV) facility. Real-time sensor outputs (rate gyro, accelerometer, surface position) are telemetered to a ground computer which sends new gain values to an on-board system. Ground test data and flight records were used to establish design values of noise statistics and to verify the ground-based adaptive software
Implementation, demonstration and validation of a user-defined wall-function for direct precipitation fouling in ANSYS Fluent
In a previous paper (Johnsen et al., 2015) and presentation (Johnsen et al.,
2016), we developed and demonstrated a generic modelling framework for the
modelling of direct precipitation fouling from multi-component fluid mixtures
that become super-saturated at the wall. The modelling concept involves the
1-dimensional transport of the fluid species through the turbulent boundary
layer close to the wall. The governing equations include the Reynolds-averaged
(RANS) advection-diffusion equations for each fluid species, and the axial
momentum and energy equations for the fluid mixture. The driving force for the
diffusive transport is the local gradient in the species' chemical potential.
Adsorption mechanisms are not modelled per se, but the time-scale of adsorption
is reflected in the choice of Dirichlet boundary conditions for the depositing
species, at the fluid-solid interface.
In this paper, the modelling framework is implemented as a user-defined
function (UDF) for the CFD software ANSYS Fluent, to act as a wall boundary
condition for mass-transfer to the wall. The subgrid, 1-dimensional formulation
of the model reduces the computational cost associated with resolving the fine
length-scales at which the boundary-layer mass transfer is determined, and
allows for efficient modelling of industry-scale heat exchangers suffering from
fouling.
The current paper describes the modelling framework, and demonstrates and
validates its applicability in a simplified 2D heat exchanger geometry
(experimental and detailed CFD modelling data by P\"a\"akk\"onen et al. (2012,
2016)). By tuning the diffusivity, only, good agreement with the experimental
data and the detailed CFD model was obtained, in terms of area-averaged
deposition rates.Comment: 12th International Conference on CFD in Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and
Process Industries, SINTEF, Trondheim, NORWAY, May 30th - June 1st, 2017, 9
pages, 9 figure
Practical Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Massive Spatial Datasets On Modest Computing Environments
With continued advances in Geographic Information Systems and related
computational technologies, statisticians are often required to analyze very
large spatial datasets. This has generated substantial interest over the last
decade, already too vast to be summarized here, in scalable methodologies for
analyzing large spatial datasets. Scalable spatial process models have been
found especially attractive due to their richness and flexibility and,
particularly so in the Bayesian paradigm, due to their presence in hierarchical
model settings. However, the vast majority of research articles present in this
domain have been geared toward innovative theory or more complex model
development. Very limited attention has been accorded to approaches for easily
implementable scalable hierarchical models for the practicing scientist or
spatial analyst. This article is submitted to the Practice section of the
journal with the aim of developing massively scalable Bayesian approaches that
can rapidly deliver Bayesian inference on spatial process that are practically
indistinguishable from inference obtained using more expensive alternatives. A
key emphasis is on implementation within very standard (modest) computing
environments (e.g., a standard desktop or laptop) using easily available
statistical software packages without requiring message-parsing interfaces or
parallel programming paradigms. Key insights are offered regarding assumptions
and approximations concerning practical efficiency.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Analytical Rebridging Monte Carlo: Application to cis/trans Isomerization in Proline-Containing, Cyclic Peptides
We present a new method, the analytical rebridging scheme, for Monte Carlo
simulation of proline-containing, cyclic peptides. The cis/trans isomerization
is accommodated by allowing for two states of the amide bond. We apply our
method to five peptides that have been previously characterized by NMR methods.
Our simulations achieve effective equilibration and agree well with
experimental data in all cases. We discuss the importance of effective
equilibration and the role of bond flexibility and solvent effects on the
predicted equilibrium properties.Comment: 29 pages, 8 PostScript figures, LaTeX source. to appear in J. Chem.
Phys., 199
Numerical MHD Simulations of Solar Magnetoconvection and Oscillations in Inclined Magnetic Field Regions
The sunspot penumbra is a transition zone between the strong vertical
magnetic field area (sunspot umbra) and the quiet Sun. The penumbra has a fine
filamentary structure that is characterized by magnetic field lines inclined
toward the surface. Numerical simulations of solar convection in inclined
magnetic field regions have provided an explanation of the filamentary
structure and the Evershed outflow in the penumbra. In this paper, we use
radiative MHD simulations to investigate the influence of the magnetic field
inclination on the power spectrum of vertical velocity oscillations. The
results reveal a strong shift of the resonance mode peaks to higher frequencies
in the case of a highly inclined magnetic field. The frequency shift for the
inclined field is significantly greater than that in vertical field regions of
similar strength. This is consistent with the behavior of fast MHD waves.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, Solar Physics (in press
On a fourth order nonlinear Helmholtz equation
In this paper, we study the mixed dispersion fourth order nonlinear Helmholtz
equation in for positive, bounded and -periodic functions . Using
the dual method of Evequoz and Weth, we find solutions to this equation and
establish some of their qualitative properties
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