Dr Alessandro Pontillo's Outputs (3)

Active stall flutter suppression for a revised Leishman-Beddoes Model (2023)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a nonlinear disturbance observer (NDO)-based sliding mode control (SMC) method to the problem of stall flutter suppression for a revised Leishman-Beddoes (L-B) model. To capture accurate aerodynamic characteristics whilst reducing... Read More about Active stall flutter suppression for a revised Leishman-Beddoes Model.

Low fidelity modelling of the nonlinear aerodynamics of spoilers (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Spoilers are secondary control surfaces mainly used for roll control, load alleviation and as airbrakes. However, when considering very flexible wings, spoilers could also play a primary role in controlling the aircraft's attitude as an ideal alterna... Read More about Low fidelity modelling of the nonlinear aerodynamics of spoilers.

Numerical investigations of subscale flexible high aspect ratio aircraft on a dynamic wind tunnel rig (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

High aspect ratio wings have been a major topic for research due to their capability to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of modern aircraft. Many numerical studies have shown their flexibility causing nonlinearity through geometric effects and thei... Read More about Numerical investigations of subscale flexible high aspect ratio aircraft on a dynamic wind tunnel rig.