Intro
Preface
Contents
Acronyms and Symbols
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Linear and Nonlinear Actuators
1.2 Applications of Synthetic Jet Actuators
1.2.1 Synthetic Jet Actuators in Active Cooling
1.2.2 Synthetic Jet Actuators for Flight Control
References
2 Synthetic Jet Actuators and Arrays: Modeling and Control
2.1 Physical Characteristics
2.2 Virtual Shaping and Flow Separation Control of Airfoils
2.3 Mathematical Models
2.4 Adaptive Inverse Compensation and Update Laws
2.4.1 Adaptive Inverse Function

2.4.2 Adaptive Update Signals
2.4.3 Stability Analysis
2.5 Performance Evaluation of SJA
2.6 Inverse Compensation for Actuator Arrays
2.6.1 Control Error Formulation
2.6.2 Adaptive Estimation of Uncertain Parameters
2.6.3 Robustness Issues
2.7 System Performance Evaluation with SJAA
References
3 Adaptive Compensation at Low Angles of Attack: Nonlinear Aircraft Model
3.1 Nonlinear Aircraft System: A Benchmark Model
3.2 Feedback Control Law Design
3.2.1 Velocity Control
3.2.2 Flight Path Angle Dynamics
3.2.3 Wind Axis Angle Dynamics

3.2.4 Body Axis Rate Dynamics
3.3 Performance Analysis
3.4 Results and Discussions
References
4 Adaptive Compensation at High Angles of Attack
4.1 Synthetic Jet Actuator Model Development
4.2 Nonlinearity Model of Synthetic Jet Actuators
4.2.1 Nonlinearity Models with Partially Known Parameters
4.2.2 Nonlinearity Models with Unknown Parameters
4.3 Adaptive Inverse Compensation Techniques
4.3.1 Adaptive Inverse Compensation: Exact Actuator Model
4.3.2 Adaptive Inverse Compensator: Approximate Model
References

5 Signal-Dependent Uncertainty Compensation: A General Framework
5.1 Signal-Dependent Nonlinearity Compensation
5.1.1 Adaptive Inverse Function
5.1.2 Control Error Expression
5.1.3 Estimation of the Model Mismatch Term
5.2 Adaptive Inverse Control System
5.3 Adaptation Scheme
5.4 Performance Evaluation
References
6 NN-Based High-Order Adaptive Compensation Framework for Signal Dependencies
6.1 Higher-Order Inverse Parametrization Schemes
6.1.1 Neural Network Based Inverse Parametrization
6.1.2 Approximation Error Analysis

6.2 A Benchmark Pitch-Plane Control System
6.3 Parameter Adaptation and Stability Analysis
References
7 Adaptive Synthetic Jet Actuation for Aircraft Control
7.1 Wide-Range Angles of Attack Model
7.2 Adaptive Inverse Design of Actuator Nonlinearities
7.2.1 Control Error Expression
7.3 Nonlinear Aircraft Control Law Development
7.4 Adaptation Scheme
7.5 Performance Analysis
7.6 Concluding Remarks
References