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Joseph F. Horn, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University

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Publications in Archival Journals

IN PRINT

Horn, J.F., Tolani, D.K., Lagoa, C.M., Wang, Q., and Ray, A., “Reliable Operation of Rotorcraft Using Probabilistic Robust Control.” IFAC Control Engineering Practice , Vol. 12, (8), August 2005, pp. 1037-1046 .

Horn, J.F., Bridges, D.O., Lopes, L.V., and Brentner, K.S., “Development of a Low-Cost Multi-Disciplinary Rotorcraft Simulation Facility.”  AIAA Journal of Computing, Information, and Communications , Vol. 2, (7), July 2005, pp.267-284.

Lee, D., Sezer-Uzol, N., Horn, J.F., and Long, L.N., “Simulation of Pilot Control Activity During Helicopter Shipboard Operations,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft , Vol. 42, (2), March-April 2005, pp.448-461.

Brentner, K.S., Lopes, L.V., Chen, H.N., and Horn, J.F., “Near Real-Time Simulation of Rotorcraft Acoustics and Flight Dynamics,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft , Vol. 42, (2), March-April 2005, pp. 347-355.

Sahani, N. and Horn, J.F., “ Neural Network Based Algorithms for Comprehensive Collective Axis Limit Avoidance on Rotorcraft,” AIAA Journal of Computing, Information, and Communications , Vol. 1, (11), November 2004, pp.432-451.

Horn, J.F. and Sahani, N., “Detection and Avoidance of Main Rotor Hub Moment Limits on Rotorcraft,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 41, (2), March-April 2004, pp.372-379.

Horn, J.F., Calise, A.C., and Prasad, J.V.R, “Flight Envelope Limit Detection and Avoidance for Rotorcraft,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society , Vol. 47, (4), October 2002, pp. 253-262.

Horn, J.F., Calise, A.C., and Prasad, J.V.R, “Flight Envelope Cueing on a Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Using Neural Network Limit Prediction,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society , Vol. 46, (1), January 2001, pp. 23-31.

IN PRESS (Accepted for publication)

Sahani, N. and Horn, J.F., “Adaptive Model Inversion Control of a Helicopter with Structural Load Limiting.” Accepted for publication in AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.

Lee, D. and Horn, J.F., “Simulation of Pilot Workload for a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Ship Airwake.” Accepted for publication in a special issue on shipborne aviation issue of Journal of Aerospace Engineering – Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part G.

Chen, H.N., Brentner, K.S., Lopes, L.V., and Horn, J.F., “A Study of Rotorcraft Noise Prediction in Maneuver Flight.” Accepted for publication in International Journal of Aeroacoustics.

UNDER REVISION (Accepted for publication pending revisions)

Horn, J.F., Sahani, N.A., Sahasrabudhe, V., Spaulding, R., and Faynberg, A., “Simulation Investigation of a Comprehensive Collective-Axis Tactile Cueing System.” Accepted for publication in Journal of the American Helicopter Society pending revisions in June 2004.

Horn, J.F., Bridges, D.O., Wachspress, D.A, and Rani, S.L., “Implementation of a Free-Vortex Wake Model in Real-Time Simulation of Rotorcraft,” Submitted to AIAA Journal of Computing, Information, and Communications in June 2005 .

UNDER REVIEW

Sahani, N. A., Horn, J. F., Jeram, G. J. J., and Prasad, J. V. R., “A Hub Moment Limit Protection System Using Neural Network Prediction,” Submitted to the Journal of the American Helicopter Society in September 2004 .

Conference Publications

Miller, J.A., Minear, P.D., Neissner, A.F., DeLullo, A.M., Geiger, B.R., Long, L.N., and Horn, J.F., “Intelligent Unmanned Air Vehicle Flight Systems,” AIAA Paper No. 2005-7081, AIAA InfoTech@Aerospace Conference, Washington D.C. , September, 2005.

Hanford , S.D. , Long, L.N., and Horn, J.F., “A Small Semi-Autonomous Rotary-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle,” AIAA Paper No. 2005-7077, AIAA InfoTech@Aerospace Conference, Washington D.C. , September, 2005.

Bridges, D.O., Horn, J.F., and Ray, A., “Model-Following Control of a Military Helicopter with Damage Mitigation”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference, San Francisco, CA, August, 2005. AIAA Paper 2005-6347.

Sahani, N.A. and Horn, J.F. “Command Limiting for Full-Envelope Guidance and Control of Rotorcraft ”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference, San Francisco, CA, August, 2005. AIAA Paper 2005-6348.

Tolani, D.K., Horn, J.F., Yasar, M., and Ray, A., “ Hierarchical Control of Rotorcraft for Enhanced Performance and Structural Durability ”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference, San Francisco, CA , August, 2005. AIAA Paper 2005-6349.

Chen, J., Lagoa, C.M., Horn, J.F., and Ray, A., “ Output Bounded Switching Control for Future Generation Rotorcraft ”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference, San Francisco, CA , August, 2005. AIAA Paper 2005-6371.

Lee, D. and Horn, J.F., “Optimization of a Helicopter Stability Augmentation System for Operation in a Ship Airwake,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 61st Annual Forum, Grapevine, TX, June 1-3, 2005.

Horn, J.F., Bridges, D.O., Wachspress, D.A, and Rani, S.L., “Implementation of a Free-Vortex Wake Model in Real-Time Simulation of Rotorcraft,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 61st Annual Forum, Grapevine, TX, June 1-3, 2005.

Jeram, G. J., Sahani, N. A., Prasad, J. V. R., and Horn, J. F., “Distributing Limit Protection between Autonomous Restraint and Voluntary Tactile Cues,” AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 2005.

Lee, D. and Horn, J.F., “Simulation of Pilot Workload for Helicopters Operating in a Turbulent Ship Airwake,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Providence, RI, August 2004. AIAA Paper 2004-5360.

Sahani, N. and Horn, J.F., “Adaptive Model Inversion Control of a Helicopter with Structural Load Limiting,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference, Providence, RI, August, 2004. AIAA Paper 2004-4753.

Horn, J.F., Bridges, D., Sharma, C., Lopes, L., and Brentner, K.S., “A Multi-Disciplinary Rotorcraft Simulation Facility Composed of Commodity Components and Open Source Software,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 60th Annual Forum, Baltimore, MD, June 7-10, 2004.

Sahani, N., Horn, J.F., Jeram, G., and Prasad, J.V.R., “Hub Moment Limit Protection Using Neural Network Prediction,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 60 th Annual Forum, Baltimore, MD, June 7-10, 2004.

Geiger, B., Horn, J.F., Greenjack, A.., and Piasecki, F.W., “Trim and Maneuver Optimization Methods for Compound Rotorcraft,” American Helicopter Society 60 th Annual Forum, Baltimore, MD, June 7-10, 2004.

Tolani, D.K., Horn, J.F., Ray, A., and Chen, J., “Hierarchical Control of Future Generation Rotorcraft,” American Controls Conference, Boston, MA, June 30 – July 2, 2004.

Kothmann, B.D., Lu., Y., DeBrun, E., and Horn, J., “Prospective on Rotorcraft Aerodynamic Modeling for Flight Dynamics Applications,” American Helicopter Society 4th Decennial Specialist's Conference on Aeromechanics, San Francisco, CA, January 21-23, 2004.

Chen, H., Brentner, K.S., Lopes, L., and Horn, J.F., “A Study of Rotorcraft Noise Prediction in Maneuvering Flight,” Proceedings of the AIAA 42nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, January 2004.

Lee, D., Horn, J.F., Sezer-Uzol, N., and Long, L.N., “Simulation of Pilot Control Activity During Helicopter Shipboard Operations,” Proceedings of the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Austin, TX, August 2003, AIAA Paper 2003-5306.

Horn, J.F., Tolani, D.K., Lagoa, C.M., Wang, Q., and Ray, A., "Reliable Operation of Rotorcraft Using Probabilistic Robust Control," Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Washington, D.C., June 9-11, 2003, pp.181-186.

Bridges, D., Horn, J.F., and Ray, A., “Damage Mitigating Control of Rotorcraft,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 59th Annual Forum, Phoenix, AZ, May 2003.

Lee, D., Sezer-Uzol, N., Horn, J.F., and Long, L.N., “Simulation of Helicopter Shipboard Launch and Recovery Operations Using Time-Accurate Airwakes,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 59th Annual Forum, Phoenix, AZ, May 2003.

Brentner, K.S., Lopes, L., Chen, H., and Horn, J.F., “Near Real-Time Simulation of Rotorcraft Acoustics and Flight Dynamics,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 59th Annual Forum, Phoenix, AZ, May 2003.

Sahani, N. and Horn J.F., “Collective Axis Cueing and Limit Avoidance Algorithms for Carefree Maneuvering,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Flight Controls and Crew System Design Specialists' Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 2002, 12 pages.

Lee, D. and Horn J.F., “Simulation and Control of Helicopter Shipboard Launch and Recovery Operations,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Flight Controls and Crew System Design Specialists' Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 2002, 10 pages.

Horn, J.F., “Rotor State Feedback for High Bandwidth Control and Structural Load Limiting,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society Flight Controls and Crew System Design Specialists' Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 2002, 13 pages.

Sahasrabudhe, V., Spaulding, R., Faynberg, A., Horn, J., and Sahani, N., “Simulation Investigation of a Comprehensive Collective-Axis Tactile Cueing System,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 58th Annual Forum, Montreal, Canada, June 2002, Vol. 1, pp. 559-568.

Horn, J., and Sahani, N., “Detection And Avoidance of Main Rotor Hub Moment Limits on Rotorcraft,” Proceedings of the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2001, AIAA Paper 2001-4138, 10 pages.

Horn, J. F., Calise, A. C., and Prasad, J.V.R., “Flight Envelope Limit Detection and Avoidance for Rotorcraft,” Proceedings of the 25th European Rotorcraft Forum, Rome, Italy, September 14-16, 1999, 11 pages.

Horn, J. F., Calise, A. C., and Prasad, J.V.R., “Development of Envelope Protection Systems for Rotorcraft,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 55th Annual Forum, Montreal, Canada, May 25-27, 1999, Vol. 2, pp. 2025-2036.

Horn, J. F., Calise, A. C., and Prasad, J.V.R, “Flight Envelope Limiting Systems Using Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Boston, MA, August 10-12, 1998, pp. 741-751, AIAA Paper 98-4459, 12 pages.

Horn, J., Calise, A.C., Prasad, J.V.R, and O'Rourke, M., “Flight Envelope Cueing on a Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Using Neural Network Limit Prediction,” Proceedings of the American Helicopter Society 55th Annual Forum, Washington, D.C., May 1998, Vol. 2, pp. 1093-1104.

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