Experimental investigation of rotor/stator interaction noise generation, acoustic mode measurements

An experimental investigation was carried out in the low speed wind tunnel LST to study aircraft engine noise generation by rotor/stator interaction. Reported is a follow-up experiment including detailed acoustic measurements in the duct downstream of a rotor with cylindrical pins to complement earlier tests whereby rotor wake velocities and...

Experimental and system study of Reaction Wheels. Part II: System study on wheel state feedback

The increasing power of on-board processors allows more freedom in the design and operation of reaction wheel control systems. This report discusses several performance and implementation aspects of the operation of wheel systems which have their own internal feedback control system. A model following control concept is found to be superior. The...

Visual scene perception process involved in the manual approach

The outside scene is often an important soiirce of information for manual control tasks. In the context of aircraft control the most important example is the visual approach scene. This study deals with modelling the visual scene perception process on the basis of linear perspective geometry and the relative motion cues and investigates its...