SBIR/STTR Research Award
Distributed, Passivity-Based, Aeroservoelastic Control (DPASC) of Structurally Efficient Aircraft in the Presence of Gusts
Award amount
$125,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Tao Of Systems Integration Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2014-06-20
- Contract end date
- 2014-12-19
- UEI
- EW9UC5TFJ5L8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- T4.01
Research abstract
Control of extremely lightweight, long endurance aircraft poses a challenging aeroservoelastic (ASE) problem due to significantly increased flexibility, and aerodynamic, structural, and actuator nonlinearities. To obtain the benefits of increased aerostructural efficiency, the controller needs to trim at a specified optimal shape while minimizing structural fatigue from gust disturbances. Tao Systems and Texas A&M University propose to develop a distributed, passivity-based, ASE controller (DPASC) using sectional aerodynamic and structural output-only feedback. This scalable, decentralized approach has the potential to minimize the impact of aerodynamic / structural uncertainties and control surface free-play / saturation, while guaranteeing global asymptotic stability.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Balloon-Based Disturbance Measurements in the Upper Atmosphere
- Low-Cost, Low-Power Sensor For In-Flight Unsteady Aerodynamic Force and Moment Estimation
- Balloon-Based Disturbance Measurements in the Upper Atmosphere
- Robust Sensor for In-Flight Flow Characterization
- Distributed, Passivity-Based, Aeroservoelastic Control (DPASC) of Structurally Efficient Aircraft in the Presence of Gusts
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Research funding history
46 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2018). Reported award amounts total $13,652,764. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense