Skydiving From Control Engineering Perspective

Wednesday 28/02/2024 13:30 - 14:30 Gathering at: 13:30

Lecturer: Dr. Anna Clarke
Credits: Guest seminar
Location: Auditorium 235, second floor, Aerospace Eng. Building
Affiliation: Department of Aerospace Engineering
Institute: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Seminar Language: The talk will be given in English

Abstract:

It is very interesting to analyze skydiving from a perspective of control engineering. Skydiving includes two stages:

(1). Performing solo and cooperative aerial maneuvers in free-fall by changing the body posture and thus deflecting the surrounding airflow;

(2). Piloting and landing a high-performance RAM Air parachute. In this talk we will explain the challenging aspects of both stages, describe the on-going research and most interesting results, and outline the future research opportunities.

Comments: Light refreshments will be served before the lecture

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Abstract:

It is very interesting to analyze skydiving from a perspective of control engineering. Skydiving includes two stages:

(1). Performing solo and cooperative aerial maneuvers in free-fall by changing the body posture and thus deflecting the surrounding airflow;