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Researcher

Jolan Wauters

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40 Results

2025

Addressing the reality gap of model-based UAS development through reliable concurrent conceptual and control design

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Assessment of aerodynamic derivatives of an airborne wind energy system using geometry-resolved computational fluid dynamics

Maxim NotableNiels PynaertJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

Concurrent optimal control and design of an airborne wind energy system

Jolan WautersOmid HeydarniaTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Introducing DAIMYO : a dynamic design architecture and its application to unmanned aerial system development

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreJoris DegrooteIvo CouckuytGuillaume Crevecoeur

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT

Introducing KUGE : a simultaneous control co-design architecture and its application to aerial robotics development

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Opti-MegAWES : a toolbox for optimal path planning of megawatt-scale airborne wind energy systems

Omid HeydarniaJolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Optimal path planning of airborne wind energy systems with a flexible tether

Omid HeydarniaJolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE CONTROL AND DYNAMICS

Towards aero-servo-elastic simulations of airborne wind energy systems using geometry-resolved computational fluid dynamics

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

2024

Aero-servo simulations using a geometry-resolved CFD model of an airborne wind energy system

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

Dynamic feedback linearization of flying wings with real-time Newton-Raphson iterations

Tom LefebvreJolan WautersGuillaume Crevecoeur

ERGO-II : An improved bayesian optimization technique for robust design with multiple objectives, failed evaluations, and stochastic parameters

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN

Moving control surfaces in a geometry-resolved CFD model of an airborne wind energy system

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

Wind turbine hybrid physics-based deep learning model for a health monitoring approach considering provision of ancillary services

Nezmin KayedpourJixiang QingJolan WautersJeroen De KooningIvo CouckuytGuillaume Crevecoeur

A1 Journal Article in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT

2023

Early inner race fault detection on a ball bearing setup using histogram of oriented gradients and wavelet subselection

Cedric Van HeckJolan WautersTom StaessensGuillaume CrevecoeurTed Ooijevaar

Multi-objective co-design for mission-specific development of unmanned aerial systems

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Surrogate-assisted multi-objective design optimization-under-uncertainty of a U-bend subjected to phase change

Towards task tailored articulated robot designs

Tom LefebvreJolan WautersFrederik OstynGuillaume Crevecoeur

Unsteady aerodynamic simulations of an airborne wind energy system in realistic flight and environmental conditions using computational fluid dynamics

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

Unsteady aerodynamic simulations of an airborne wind energy reference system in realistic flight conditions using computational fluid dynamics

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

Wing deformation of an airborne wind energy system in crosswind flight using high-fidelity fluid–structure interaction

Niels PynaertThomas HaasJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in ENERGIES

2022

Comparative study of co-design strategies for mission-specific design of quadcopters using differential flatness and Bayesian optimization

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Design optimization-under-uncertainty of a forward swept wing unmanned aerial vehicle using SAMURAI

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICRO AIR VEHICLES

ERGO : a new robust design optimization technique combining multi-objective Bayesian optimization with analytical uncertainty quantification

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN

High fidelity fluid-structure interaction simulation of a multi-megawatt airborne wind energy reference system

Niels PynaertJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

High fidelity fluid-structure interaction simulation of a multi-megawatt airborne wind energy reference system in cross-wind flight

Niels PynaertJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

SAMURAI : a new asynchronous Bayesian optimization technique for optimization-under-uncertainty

Jolan WautersJoris DegrooteIvo CouckuytGuillaume Crevecoeur

A1 Journal Article in AIAA JOURNAL

Towards Bayesian co-design for mission specific design of dynamical systems

Jolan WautersTom LefebvreGuillaume Crevecoeur

Unsteady aerodynamic simulations of a multi-megawatt airborne wind energy reference system using computational fluid dynamics

Niels PynaertJolan WautersGuillaume CrevecoeurJoris Degroote

2021

ESLA : a new surrogate-assisted single-loop reliability-based design optimization technique

Jolan WautersIvo CouckuytJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION

Surrogate-assisted parametric study of a wing fence for unmanned aerial vehicles

Jolan WautersJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF AIRCRAFT

2020

Development and application of surrogate-assisted optimization under uncertainty strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles

Jolan WautersJoris DegrooteIvo Couckuyt

Development of an adaptive infill criterion for constrained multi-objective asynchronous surrogate-based optimization

Jolan WautersAndy KeaneJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION

Multi-objective optimization of a wing fence on an unmanned aerial vehicle using surrogate-derived gradients

Jolan WautersIvo CouckuytNicolas KnuddeTom DhaeneJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION

2019

Comparative study of transition models for high-angle-of-attack behavior

Jolan WautersJoris DegrooteJan Vierendeels

A1 Journal Article in AIAA JOURNAL

Efficient robust design of a forward swept unmanned aerial vehicle using surrogates

Jolan WautersVince BrowaeysHenri DolfenJoris Degroote

2018

Comparative study of the prediction of high angle of attack phenomena using transitional turbulence models

Jolan WautersJoris DegrooteJan Vierendeels

Multi-objective optimization of the stall characteristics of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Jolan WautersJoris Degroote

On the study of transitional low-Reynolds number flows over airfoils operating at high angles of attack and their prediction using transitional turbulence models

Jolan WautersJoris Degroote

A1 Journal Article in PROGRESS IN AEROSPACE SCIENCES

2017

Uncertainty quantification of an unmanned aerial vehicle

Henri DolfenJolan WautersJoris DegrooteJan Vierendeels

2016

Optimization of the stall characteristics of an unmanned aerial vehicle using wing fences

Jolan WautersJan VierendeelsJoris Degroote