Performance Assessment of Nonlinear Dynamic Actuator Model using Dry Wind Tunnel Test

Kurzfassung

Active control in aeroelasticity has gained more interest recently. It is investigated if a nonlinear actuator model leads to better performance prediction of the aeroservoelastic system in the nonlinear regime. A hybrid numerical and experimental simulation environment is set up to emulate wind on conditions for a laboratory model (dry wind tunnel test). Within this environment, the performance of an actuator with nonlinear behavior is analyzed and compared to simulations.