Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Aeroelastic System with Time-Delayed Feedback Control

In this paper, an enhanced response sensitivity approach is proposed for parameter identification of nonlinear time-delay aeroelastic systems. Two common aeroelastic models are investigated, namely, the aeroelastic system under the unsteady Theodorsen aerodynamic forces and the airfoil-store system under the steady incompressible flow. The work of this paper is mainly threefold. First, the motion equations of two aeroelastic models including time-delay signals are derived, and the response sensitivity analysis with respect to the system parameters is conducted. Then, parameter identification is formulated as a nonlinear least-squares problem, and the enhanced response sensitivity approach is developed to get the solution. Finally, numerical examples are studied to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results reveal that the proposed approach can give accurate, robust, and efficient identification of the parameters for time-delay aeroelastic systems.