Browsing by Author "Whidborne, James F."

Browsing by Author "Whidborne, James F."

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  • A Kriging approach to model updating for damage detection 
    Dessena, Gabriele; Ignatyev, Dmitry I.; Whidborne, James F.; Zanotti Fragonara, Luca (Springer, 2022-06-16)
    For complex or large structures, the model updating process can be long and tedious and numerical methods can be computationally expensive. Hence, practitioners and researchers often resort to meta-modelling techniques ...
  • L1 adaptive fault‑tolerant control of stratospheric airships 
    Souanef, Toufik; Whidborne, James F.; Liu, Shi Qian (Springer, 2024-03-26)
    As the utilization of stratospheric airships becomes more prevalent, ensuring their safe operation becomes crucial. This paper explores the ability of an L1 adaptive controller to maintain fault tolerance in the actuators ...
  • Linear feedback control of transient energy growth and control performance limitations in subcritical plane Poiseuille flow 
    Martinelli, F.; Quadrio, M.; McKernan, John; Whidborne, James F. (2011-01-31)
    Suppression of the transient energy growth in subcritical plane Poiseuille flow via feedback control is addressed. It is assumed that the time derivative of any of the velocity components can be imposed at the walls as ...
  • Linear quadratic control of plane Poiseuille flow-the transient behaviour. 
    McKernan, John; Whidborne, James F.; Papadakis, George (Taylor and Francis, 2007-12)
    This paper describes the design of optimal linear quadratic controllers for single wavenumber-pair periodic 2-D disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow, and subsequent verification using a finite-volume full Navier-Stokes ...
  • A linear state-space representation of plane Poiseuille flow for control design: a tutorial. 
    McKernan, John; Papadakis, George; Whidborne, James F. (Inderscience Publishers, 2006-01-01)
    A method for the incorporation of wall transpiration into a model of lin- earised plane Poiseuille °ow is presented, with the aim of producing a state- space model suitable for the development of feedback control of ...
  • A Loewner-based system identification and structural health monitoring approach for mechanical systems 
    Dessena, Gabriele; Civera, Marco; Zanotti Fragonara, Luca; Ignatyev, Dmitry; Whidborne, James F. (Wiley, 2023-04-18)
    Data-driven structural health monitoring (SHM) requires precise estimates of the target system behaviour. In this sense, SHM by means of modal parameters is strictly linked to system identifcation (SI). However, existing ...
  • Longitudinal control laws design for a flying wing aircraft 
    Zhu, Yan. (Cranfield University, 2012-02)
    This research is concerned with the flight dynamic, pitch flight control and flying qualities assessment for the reference BWB aircraft. It aims to develop the longitudinal control laws which could satisfy the flying and ...
  • LPV systems analysis using pseudospectra 
    Alamin, Raheeg; Whidborne, James F.; Alam, Mushfiqul (IEEE, 2022-05-27)
    Pseudospectra provides a qualitative and quantitative tool for analyzing the stability sensitivity of linear systems. In this paper pseudospectral analysis is extended to Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) systems that are ...
  • Minimizing transient energy growth in plane Poiseuille flow 
    Whidborne, James F.; McKernan, John; Papadakis, George (Professional Engineering Publishing, 2008-01-01)
    The feedback control of laminar plane Poiseuille flow is considered. In common with many flows, the dynamics of plane Poiseuille flow is very non-normal. Consequently, small perturbations grow rapidly with a large transient ...
  • Model simulation suitable for an aircraft at high angle of attack 
    Mohmad Rouyan, Nurhana (Cranfield University, 2016-01)
    Simulation of a dynamic system is known to be sensitive to various factors and one of them could be the precision of model parameters. While the sensitivity of flight dynamic simulation to small changes in aerodynamic ...
  • Modelling and control of the roll-stabilised control unit of a rotary steerable system directional drilling tool 
    Alturbeh, Hamid; Whidborne, James F.; Luk, Patrick Chi-Kwong; Bayliss, Martin T. (IET, 2019-04-26)
    A directional drilling tool control unit whose design is based on servo control of a rotary valve using the roll-stabilised instrumented system approach has been successfully used in oil fields for over 20 years. Here, ...
  • Modelling and simulation of a novel bioinspired flapping-wing rotary MAV 
    Huang, Xun; Lu, Linghai; Whidborne, James F.; Guo, Shijun (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DGLR: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt), 2023-09-07)
    Achieving high lift efficiency represents a major research focus in the Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) domain due to stringent size and payload constraints. The Cranfield research team presents a novel semi-biomimetic design ...
  • Modelling, simulation and verification of the Saab 340B 
    Makadia, Jeet; Millidere, Murat; Alam, Mushfiqul; Place, Simon; Whidborne, James F. (AIAA, 2023-01-19)
    Flight simulation modelling of an aircraft is required for various purposes including performance analysis, flight control design, and flying qualities analysis. The Saab 340B is a twin turboprop transport aircraft designed ...
  • Motion estimation of an aircraft model using computer vision 
    Kasula, Pavithra; Whidborne, James F.; Rana, Zeeshan A.; Ishola, Ademayowa (AIAA, 2024-01-04)
    Dynamic wind tunnel tests are used to investigate the flight dynamics of aircraft. Currently contact measurement systems are used which increase friction and require on-board instrumentation. A vision-based method is ...
  • Multi-objective optimal longitudinal flight control system design for a large flexible transport aircraft. 
    Song, Sipeng (2018-05)
    This thesis presents a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm design of a longitudinal optimal controller for a large exible transport aircraft. The algorithm uses a mixed optimization approach based on a combination of ...
  • Multi-objective optimal longitudinal flight control system design for large flexible transport aircraft 
    Song, Sipeng; Whidborne, James F.; Lone, Mudassir; Molina-Cristobal, Arturo (IEEE, 2018-11-01)
    This paper presents a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm design of a longitudinal optimal controller for a large flexible transport aircraft. The algorithm uses a mixed optimization approach based on a combination of ...
  • Multidisciplinary design optimisation for aircraft wing mass estimation 
    Dababneh, Odeh (Cranfield University, 2016-04)
    The implementation of key technologies in the initial stages of the aircraft wing design process has always represented a substantial challenge for aircraft designers. The lack of reliable and accessible wing mass prediction ...
  • Multiobjectective environmental departure procedure optimization 
    McEnteggart, Quintain; Whidborne, James F. (AIAA, 2018-04-06)
    To achieve a sustainable future for air transport, the International Civil Aviation Organization has proposed goals for reductions in community noise impact, local air quality, and climate-impacting emissions. The paper ...
  • Multirotor sizing methodology with flight time estimation 
    Biczyski, Marcin; Sehab, Rabia; Whidborne, James F.; Krebs, Guillaume; Luk, Patrick Chi-Kwong (Wiley/Hindawi, 2020-01-20)
    This paper addresses the need for sizing of rotors for multirotor vehicle applications such as personal air transport, delivery, surveillance, and photography. A methodology for the propeller and motor selection is developed ...
  • Neural network observer based LPV fault tolerant control of a flying-wing aircraft 
    Liu, Shiqian; Lyv, Weizhi; Yang, Congjie; Wang, Feiyue; Whidborne, James F. (IEEE, 2023-11-30)
    For the problem of fault tolerant trajectory tracking control for a large Flying-Wing (FW) aircraft with Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) model, a gain scheduled H ∞ controller is designed by dynamic output feedback. Robust ...