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Flight Dynamics Analyses of a Propeller-Driven Airplane (II): Building a High-Fidelity Mathematical Model and Applications

  • Kim, Chang-Joo (Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Sang Ho (Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Park, TaeSan (Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Park, Soo Hyung (Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Jae Woo (Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Ko, Joon Soo (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aeronautical University)
  • Received : 2014.06.10
  • Accepted : 2014.12.10
  • Published : 2014.12.30

Abstract

This paper is the second in a series and aims to build a high-fidelity mathematical model for a propeller-driven airplane using the propeller's aerodynamics and inertial models, as developed in the first paper. It focuses on aerodynamic models for the fuselage, the main wing, and the stabilizers under the influence of the wake trailed from the propeller. For this, application of the vortex lattice method is proposed to reflect the propeller's wake effect on those aerodynamic surfaces. By considering the maneuvering flight states and the flow field generated by the propeller wake, the induced velocity at any point on the aerodynamic surfaces can be computed for general flight conditions. Thus, strip theory is well suited to predict the distribution of air loads over wing components and the viscous flow effect can be duly considered using the 2D aerodynamic coefficients for the airfoils used in each wing. These approaches are implemented in building a high-fidelity mathematical model for a propeller-driven airplane. Flight dynamic analysis modules for the trim, linearization, and simulation analyses were developed using the proposed techniques. The flight test results for a series of maneuvering flights with a scaled model were used for comparison with those obtained using the flight dynamics analysis modules to validate the usefulness of the present approaches. The resulting good correlations between the two data sets demonstrate that the flight characteristics of the propeller-driven airplane can be analyzed effectively through the integrated framework with the propeller and airframe aerodynamic models proposed in this study.

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  1. Flight Dynamics Analyses of a Propeller-Driven Airplane (I): Aerodynamic and Inertial Modeling of the Propeller vol.15, pp.4, 2014, https://doi.org/10.5139/IJASS.2014.15.4.345