OPTEC Seminar - Paul Williams

Wed 23 Jan 2008 14:00-15:00, ESAT 01.60
"Dynamics and Control of Tethered Systems with Applications to Kite Power"
Dr. Paul Williams (T.U. Delft / Australia)

This presentation will begin by giving an overview of tether dynamic modelling. Various applications of the model will be shown in diverse environments such as air, sea, and space. Simplifications that can be made for efficient control development will be described, which are validated through simulation and flight on the Young Engineer’s Satellite 2. Methods for trajectory optimization of general dynamical systems using pseudospectral and quadrature methods will be presented and typical results will be given for a range of applications. The above modelling and control techniques are fused to enable development of kite trajectories for power generation. Simplified models for kite control design will also be presented.


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Two OPTEC professors have been awarded three "Gouden Krijtjes", the yearly teaching awards given by the organization of engineering students (vtk). Prof. Lombaert was awarded the prize for the best course in civil engineering, and Prof. Diehl the prizes for the best professor and the best course in mathematical engineering (where he teaches numerical optimization). They received these awards at the yearly "proffentap" where experienced students taught them how to draft beer professionally. 

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