Vortex models for the control of flows

There are a number of essential ingredients which must be brought together in order to develop a model-based control theory of boundary flows. In any such theory, models of fluid dynamics must (i) be simple enough to run in real-time, and (ii) be able to capture the physics of control actuator interaction with the fluid. Active vortex generators are one interesting candidate class of actuators which may be used together with vortex models or panel methods to broaden our understanding of slow separation control in various applications settings. While these methods offer the hope of modeling the essential aspects of the boundary flows with reasonable fidelity, their use in applications will require new (hybrid model based) approaches to simulation and control