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Effect Of Aviation Fuel Type And Fuel Injection Conditions On The Spray Characteristics Of Pressure Swirl And Hybrid Air Blast Fuel Injectors, Rick Thomas Feddema
Effect Of Aviation Fuel Type And Fuel Injection Conditions On The Spray Characteristics Of Pressure Swirl And Hybrid Air Blast Fuel Injectors, Rick Thomas Feddema
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Feddema, Rick T. M.S.M.E., Purdue University, December 2013. Effect of Aviation Fuel Type and Fuel Injection Conditions on the Spray Characteristics of Pressure Swirl and Hybrid Air Blast Fuel Injectors. Major Professor: Dr. Paul E. Sojka, School of Mechanical Engineering
Spray performance of pressure swirl and hybrid air blast fuel injectors are central to combustion stability, combustor heat management, and pollutant formation in aviation gas turbine engines. Next generation aviation gas turbine engines will optimize spray atomization characteristics of the fuel injector in order to achieve engine efficiency and emissions requirements.
Fuel injector spray atomization performance is affected by the …
Adaptive Nonlinear Control For Autonomous Ground Vehicles, William Spencer Black
Adaptive Nonlinear Control For Autonomous Ground Vehicles, William Spencer Black
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We present the background and motivation for ground vehicle autonomy, and focus on uses for space-exploration. Using a simple design example of an autonomous ground vehicle we derive the equations of motion. After providing the mathematical background for nonlinear systems and control we present two common methods for exactly linearizing nonlinear systems, feedback linearization and backstepping. We use these in combination with three adaptive control methods: model reference adaptive control, adaptive sliding mode control, and extremum-seeking model reference adaptive control. We show the performances of each combination through several simulation results. We then consider disturbances in the system, and design …