Enabling a Head-Mounted Display in an Enclosed Cabin on a Moving Base Simulator: Multiple Implementations with an Unscented Kalman Filter

When placing a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) of a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) system in the cabin of a moving base simulator to provide a larger field-of-regard, the HMD's inertial sensors will interpret the motion of the moving base simulator as if provided by the user, thus distorting the HMD's cabin-fixed pose estimation.<br/...

Deep Learning for Aerodynamic Dataset Prediction of Combat Aircraft

The aerodynamic model of a combat aircraft is essential for its success and competitiveness compared to other combat aircraft. This thesis aims to research the most optimal machine learning model to create an aerodynamic model of a combat aircraft. The very large but still sparse, highly nonlinear dataset forms a challenge for using specific...

Numerical study of the interaction between a sonic transverse jet with an oblique shock wave in a supersonic crossflow

A series of numerical simulations was executed using the high-performance cluster at TU Delft's Aerospace Faculty. The primary objective was to gain deeper insights into the intricate dynamics of a sonic transverse jet in a supersonic crossflow with an oblique induced shock wave, especially concerning mixing. These simulations delved into the...

Asymmetric Cessna Citation II Stall Model Identification using a Roll moment-based Kirchhoff method

Adequate modeling of the unsteady aerodynamics during flow separation is critical for effective pilot training in Flight Simulation Training Devices. Over the years, a stall modeling method rooted in Kirchhoff's theory of flow separation has gained popularity due to its relative simplicity and suitability for parameter identification from flight...

Multi-Flow Generalization in Data-Driven Turbulence Modeling: An Exploratory Study

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an important tool in design involving fluid flow. Scale-resolving CFD methods exist, but they are too computationally expensive for practical design. Instead, the relatively cheap Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach is the industry standard, specifically models based on the Boussinesq hypothesis,...

A Mimetic Spectral Element Implementation of the Maxwell Eigenvalue Problem

Mimetic formulations, also known as structure-preserving methods, are numerical schemes that preserve fundamental properties of the continuous differential operators at a discrete level. Additionally, they are well-known for satisfying constraints such as conservation of mass or momentum. <br/><br/>In the present work, a Mimetic Spectral Element...

Study of droplet dynamics in transcritical environments

Efficient combustion processes are indispensable in limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 deg C as set by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) before 2030 to curtail the effects of global warming. As for the emissions, the main task lies in controlling the air-fuel ratio in the lean regime as to control the emissions of NOx since...

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Flight Control: Fault-Tolerant Control for the PH-LAB

Fault-tolerant flight control faces challenges as developing a model-based controller for each unexpected failure is unrealistic, and online learning methods can handle limited system complexity due to their low sample efficiency. In this research, a model-free coupled-dynamics flight controller for a jet aircraft able to withstand multiple...

Data driven turbulence modelling

RANS simulation are one of the most used tools for aerodynamic analysis. The advantage of RANS simulations is the reduced computational cost compared to other methods such as LES or DNS. This is because by solving the RANS equations one only solves for the mean flow. However, this reduction in computational cost comes at the price of uncertainty...

Assessment of SU2 for radial compressor performance prediction

The open-source SU2 suite has been subject to extensive verification and validation studies in the past few years. Through such studies, the ability of the SU2 CFD solver to produce high-fidelity results for external flows has been substantiated by data from numerous testcases. Interest in applying the suite to turbomachinery flow analysis and...

Direct Force Control for the ICE aircraft: A novel control strategy

This thesis presents a new control philosophy based on Direct Force Control (DFC) for over-actuated aircraft. It is predicated on simultaneously controlling all six Degrees of Freedom (DoF). The Innovative Control Effectors (ICE) aircraft with its thirteen-part control effector suite is the subject of study. Active-Set (A-S) based Incremental...

Towards effective emission regulations: A numerical and experimental study on flow measurement uncertainty in stacks

Accurate measurement of emissions (i.e. volume flow rate multiplied by concentration) is vital to the control and reduction of air pollution. We quantify the uncertainty of flow measurements by S-type pitot tubes in narrow exhaust stacks (diameter &lt; 0.5 m) in support of recent European Union (EU) regulations for emissions from medium-size...

Dynamic Stall Modeling for the Cessna Citation II

From 2019 onwards, airline pilots will be required to follow stall training in simulators. A major open research question is which level of model fidelity is required for effective training. As part of an effort to answer this question, a stall model of a Cessna Citation II aircraft is developed from specifically-gathered flight test data. The...

Physics of dielectric-barrier discharge: A numerical study

A robust and flexible numerical framework was developed for modelling of dielectric-barrier discharge applicable to plasma actuated flow control. In OpenFOAM, a solver was built which solves convection-diffusion equations for ionized species coupled to Gauss’ law for electrostatics and includes a chemical model to account for the various...