Modeling and Feedback Control for Subsonic Cavity Flows: A Collaborative Approach

Abstract

Abstract. A benchmark problem in active aerodynamic flow control, suppression of strong pressure oscillations induced by flow over a shallow cavity, is addressed in this paper. Proper orthogonal decomposition and Galerkin projection techniques are used to obtain a reducedorder model of the flow dynamics from experimental data. The model is made amenable to control design by means of a control separation technique, which makes the control input appear explicitly in the equations. A prediction model based on quadratic stochastic estimation correlates flow field data with surface pressure measurements, so that the latter can be used to reconstruct the state of the model in real time. The focus of this paper is on the controller design and implementation. A linear-quadratic optimal controller is designed on the basis of the reduced-order model to suppress the cavity flow resonance. To account for the limitation on the magnitude of the control signal imposed by the actuator, the control action is modified by a scaling factor, which plays the role of a bifurcation parameter for the closed-loop system. Experimental results, in qualitative agreement with the theoretical analysis, show that the controller achieves a significant attenuation of the resonant tone with a redistribution of the energy into other frequencies, and exhibits a certain degree of robustness when operating in off-design conditions.

Structured H∞‐control of infinite‐dimensional systems

“…Example Cavity flow. A detailed study of cavity flows is given in Yan et al This challenging problem is taken from Xin et al, where the infinite‐dimensional transfer function is available analytically as with quadratic polynomials p 2 and q 2 . The H ∞ ‐objective is where W 1 ( s )=(0.01 s +502.5)/( s +50.25), and W 2 ( s )=(100 s +500)/( s +50000).…”

“…Cavity flow. A detailed study of cavity flows is given in Yan et al 70,71 This challenging problem is taken from Xin et al, 72 where the infinite-dimensional transfer function is available analytically as Figure 12. Note that this test case can be approached using systune, but requires a 15th-order Padé for the delay resulting in a 47th-order plant.…”

Structured H-infinity control of infinite dimensional systems

“…Cavity flow. A detailed study of cavity flows is given in [66,67]. This challenging problem is taken from [68], where the infinite dimensional transfer function is available analytically as…”

Control of nonlinear systems represented by Galerkin models using adaptation-based linear parameter-varying models

“…This produces a Galerkin model that approximates the original system of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). An approach of this sort has been used, among others, in feedback control of cylinder wakes [12][13][14][15][16][17], control of cavity flow [18][19][20][21][22][23][24], and optimal control of vortex shedding [25,26].…”