Modelling and Control of Flexible Structures Interacting with Fluids (ModConFlex)

ModConFlex联盟由10名学者和4名工业（ORE Catapult）高级研究人员组成，他们在控制理论、人工智能、复杂动力系统、分布式参数系统、流体动力学、气动弹性、电力电子、电力系统、游泳理论和海洋工程方面具有专业知识。我们的目标是培养下一代研究人员对与流体（水和空气）相互作用的柔性结构的建模和控制，为控制理论，人工智能和基于能量的建模的最新进展做出贡献。我们的主要应用是控制浮动风力涡轮机（未来的主要可再生能源），以及控制高度灵活的飞机，具有非常高的长径比的飞机。我们的研究计划被组织成三个科学工作包，涵盖数学系统理论（建模和模型约简，边界控制系统，端口-哈密顿系统，精确梁理论），控制理论的相关方面（抗上卷的内模控制器，非线性模型预测控制，鲁棒控制），强化学习，气动弹性，随机算法。我们相信，欧洲的科学和技术将大大受益于这项研究，以及我们将传授给新一代研究人员的教育和知识。该联盟的主要优势包括一个研究环境，将数学家和工程师聚集在一起，为项目的年轻研究人员提供独特的培训环境，以及一个相关的工业合作伙伴网络，允许所有年轻研究人员参与工业借调。我们拥有涵盖培训所有方面的临界质量，并且我们在过去的合作和培训年轻研究人员方面有着良好的记录。

The ModConFlex consortium comprises a group of 10 academics and 4 senior researchers in industry (ORE Catapult) with expertise in control theory, artificial intelligence, complex dynamical systems, distributed parameter systems, fluid dynamics, aeroelasticity, power electronics, power systems, swimming theory and marine engineering. Our aim is to train the next generation of researchers on the modelling and control of flexible structures interacting with fluids (water and air), contributing to the latest advances in control theory, artificial intelligence and energy-based modelling. Our main applications are in the control of floating wind turbines (the prime renewable energy source of the future), and in the control of highly flexible aircraft, aircraft with very high aspect ratio. Our research plans are organized into three scientific work packages, which cover mathematical systems theory (modelling and model reduction, boundary control systems, port-Hamiltonian systems, exact beam theory), relevant aspects of control theory (internal model controllers with anti-windup, nonlinear model predictive control, robust control), reinforcement learning, aeroelasticity, stochastic algorithms. We believe that science and technology in Europe will greatly benefit from this research, and from the education and knowledge that we will impart to a new generation of researchers. Key strengths of this consortium include a research environment that brings together mathematicians and engineers to provide the project's young researchers with a unique training environment, and a network of associated industrial partners that will allow all the young researchers to participate in industrial secondments. We have the critical mass to cover all aspects of training, and we have an excellent track record of past collaboration and of training young researchers.