creator Buntain, Seth Experiments were conducted to collect dynamic force measurements on a pitching wing using canonical motions. Aerodynamic forces were isolated from inertia based forces to facilitate Observer Kalman Identification model building. Comparisons with classical unsteady aerodynamic theories show good agreement when their assumptions are maintained, with smokewire visualization to qualitatively explain where experiments deviate from theory. A reduced order model built using OKID was compared to experimental data, and showed better agreement than classical theories. Oscillations in the lift measurements were observed in the OKID model and experimental data, and some potential sources for the oscillations were ruled out. Submitted by Dana Lamparello (dlampare@iit.edu) on 2012-03-13T15:45:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SethBuntainMastersThesis.pdf: 8689887 bytes, checksum: b28c766607152fb7935b66cf80e04447 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-13T15:45:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SethBuntainMastersThesis.pdf: 8689887 bytes, checksum: b28c766607152fb7935b66cf80e04447 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12 M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, December 2011 2011-11-27 2011-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2601 en Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access MMAE / Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department