Design, Sensing, and Control of a Scaled Wind Tunnel for Atmospheric Display

Creating wind within virtual environments (e.g., wind display) is a challenging problem with a potential to develop immersive atmospheric display for virtual reality systems. This paper describes synergistic mechatronics design, sensing, and control of a scaled active wind tunnel, which establishes...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics 2012-08, Vol.17 (4), p.635-645
Main Authors: Kulkarni, S. D., Minor, M. A., Deaver, M. W., Pardyjak, E. R., Hollerbach, J. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric modeling
Computational modeling
Control systems
Flow measurement
fluid flow control
Geometry
Jacobian matrices
system integration
Vents
virtual reality
Wind speed
wind tunnels
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Creating wind within virtual environments (e.g., wind display) is a challenging problem with a potential to develop immersive atmospheric display for virtual reality systems. This paper describes synergistic mechatronics design, sensing, and control of a scaled active wind tunnel, which establishes a practical foundation for atmospheric display in virtual environments. Our approach combines numerical simulations and physical experiments in order to achieve geometric design of the physical system while simultaneously developing simplified control laws using limited sensing and computational resources. As experimental results indicate, several physical modifications and unique sensor and control law developments are necessary to achieve controlled wind flow in a physical system. These results validate system performance over a wide range of wind speeds and angles, which serves as a basis for future development of full-scale virtual reality systems with atmospheric display.
ISSN:1083-4435
1941-014X
DOI:10.1109/TMECH.2011.2113353