Shun-Xiang Cao

Airfoil pitch control in the wake of a backward-facing step via spatiotemporal deep reinforcement learning

Closed-loop lift control for an airfoil in a strongly nonuniform inflow is challenging, especially when only partial surface-pressure observations are available. This study investigates pitch control of a NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) 0012 airfoil descending through the wake of a backward-facing st...