Ethernet based time synchronization for Raspberry Pi network improving network model verification for distributed active turbulent flow control

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-02-12
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Frictiondragprimarilydeterminesthetotaldragoftransportsystems.ApromisingapproachtoreducedragathighReynoldsnumbers(>104)areactivetransversalsurfacewavesincombinationwithpassivemethodslikearibletsurface.Fortheapplicationintransportationsystemswithlargesurfacessuchasairplanes,shipsortrains,alargescaledistributedreal-timeactuatorandsensornetworkisrequired.Thisnetworkisresponsibleforprovidingconnectionsbetweenaglobalflowcontrolanddistributedactuatorsandsensors.ForthedevelopmentofthisnetworkweestablishedatfirstasmallscalenetworkmodelbasedonSimulinkandTrueTime.TodeterminetimescalesfornetworkeventsondifferentpackagesizeswesetupaRaspberryPibasedtestbedasaphysicalrepresentationofourfirstmodel.Thesetimescalesarereducedtotimedifferencesbetweenthedeterministicnetworkeventstoverifythebehaviorofourmodel.Experimentalresultswereimprovedbysynchronizingthetestbedwithsufficientprecision.Withthisapproachweassurealinkbetweenthelargescalemodelandthelaterconstructedmicrocontrollerbasedreal-timeactuatorandsensornetworkfordistributedactiveturbulentflowcontrol.