Papers by Keyword: Lever Effect

Abstract: This work presents a comparison of different possibilities of flange design of an aeolian tower structure, focusing the thickness determination, the critical connection parameter. The dimensioned structure is a fifteen-meter length tubular arm under bend stresses caused by wind loads and by gravitational loads, since the tubular arm might be horizontal or vertically positioned. The tubular sections connected by the flanges are all circular with external diameter varying from 270 to 360 mm and the flange modules are also circular shaped. Since the tubular diameters are relatively large, the lever effect plays a definitive role in the design. Most of the fluid conduits flange design criteria are not applicable for such diameters sizes and have a load case different from those of an aeolian tower. Two different approaches are presented and their flange thickness results compared.

Abstract: An analysis for controlling a static-unstable tactical missile using two-loop acceleration autopilot was detailed. The rate feedback loop was firstly presented. The equivalent actuator dynamics was introduced and examined. Thus an overall stabilization condition combined with both low and high frequency cases was proposed. The lever effect led by inertial measurement unit was of benefit to a great controllable range. The results show that the autopilot control capacity is dominated by actuator bandwidth, and a compromise should be determined between the flight performance and the actuator requirement for a static unstable tactical missile.