Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001.

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Main Author: Siddiqi, Afreen, 1977-
Other Authors: Steven R. Hall.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8900
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spelling mit-1721.1/89002019-04-12T20:55:41Z Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor Harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor Siddiqi, Afreen, 1977- Steven R. Hall. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Aeronautics and Astronautics. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-69). Identification of the time periodic dynamics of a helicopter rotor system is necessary for effective controller design and analysis. The transfer properties of a linear time periodic (LTP) system can be described by harmonic transfer functions (HTF) that give the input-output relationship between the Fourier coefficients of the input signal and those of the output signal. A method for identifying harmonic transfer functions of linear time periodic systems is developed in this thesis. The system identification scheme employs a least square estimation technique to obtain HTF estimates. This least square estimation problem is under-determined; therefore, an additional assumption, that the transfer function is smooth, is made in the ID scheme to achieve a well-posed problem. The estimates are calculated by applying a quadratic penalty to the curvature of the transfer functions. The identification scheme has been implemented in MATLAB, and partly coded in C programming language for maximum computational efficiency. This system ID method has been validated with analytical results for a few well-known LTP systems. The validation results show excellent agreement between the identified and analytical transfer functions. by Afreen Siddiqi. S.M. 2005-08-23T16:13:36Z 2005-08-23T16:13:36Z 2001 2001 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8900 48881143 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 87 leaves 4776821 bytes 4776581 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title_full Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title_fullStr Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title_full_unstemmed Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title_short Identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
title_sort identification of the harmonic transfer functions of a helicopter rotor
topic Aeronautics and Astronautics.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8900
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