Nonlinear control is rarely applied in outside of an academic setting. Industry implementation of control algorithms most often focuses on linear classical theory even for highly complex systems. When a nonlinear control strategy is implemented in an industrial setting, often times it performs worse than the simple linear controller. In some sense this is aContinue reading “The Paradox of Information in Control Theory”
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A Brief Review of Small Wind Energy Technology
Back in 2015, when I was debating whether or not to return to graduate school, I decided to do an investigation into small wind energy technology. At the time I had a novel blade geometry idea that I thought I could bring to fruition through a PhD. I ultimately returned to school a year laterContinue reading “A Brief Review of Small Wind Energy Technology”
Water Leaving A Spout
This is a problem I realized could be solved easily with a simplification of the Navier-Stokes equations. The problem asks, “What shape does water make when it exits a spout, such as from a kitchen sink?” First begin by assuming the flow leaving the tank is not viscous, incompressible, not time varying, and the flowContinue reading “Water Leaving A Spout”
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