Yannic Beyer

My name is Yannic Beyer and my research topic is the control of flexible airplanes. To this end, I create aeroelastic flight dynamics models and model-based controllers. The controllers should reduce maneuver loads and gust loads and also suppress flutter. We have designed scaled model airplanes, which should enable me to transfer the control system from simulation to practice.

Research questions include, for example:

• Which sensor concept is suitable for determining the deformation state of the wing?
• How can a state estimator calculate the current deformation of the wing based on the sensor data?
• How can active gust load alleviation and maneuver load alleviation be combined with the INDI control method?
• Is the INDI control method suitable for active flutter suppression?
• How much can the gust loads be reduced in practice?

I like automating real processes and testing them in practice. It also motivates me to make a contribution to more climate-friendly aviation.

Active load alleviation and flutter suppression can reduce the maximum occurring loads, which enables a lower structural weight of future airplanes. Less weight means less fuel consumption.

We are working together in an interdisciplinary manner on the airplane of the future. My project relies on data from other projects within SE²A, which makes it possible in the first place.