Planning and Control for a Dynamic Morphing-Wing UAV Using a Vortex Particle Model

Gino Perrotta,Luca Scheuer,Yocheved Kopel,Max Basescu,Adam Polevoy,Kevin Wolfe,Joseph Moore,Gino Perrotta,Luca Scheuer,Yocheved Kopel,Max Basescu,Adam Polevoy,Kevin Wolfe,Joseph Moore

Achieving precise, highly-dynamic maneuvers with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a major challenge due to the complexity of the associated aerodynamics. In particular, unsteady effectsas might be experienced in post-stall regimes or during sudden vehicle morphing-can have an adverse impact on the performance of modern flight control systems. In this paper, we present a vortex particle model and...