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TRANSONIC AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS OF LEARJET AIRCRAFT WING MODEL (리어제트 항공기 날개의 천음속 공탄성해석)

  • Tran, T.T.;Kim, D.H.;Kim, Y.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.453-457
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    • 2011
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses haw been conducted for the business jet aircraft configuration considering shockwave and flow separation effects. The developed fluid-structure coupled analysis system is applied for aeroelastic computations combining computational structural dynamics(CSD), finite element method(FEM) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in the time domain. It can give very accurate and useful engineering data on the structural dynamic design of advanced flight vehicles. For the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics in high transonic flow region, Navier-Stokes equations using the structured grid system have been applied to wing-body configurations. In transonic flight region, the characteristics of static and dynamic aeroelastic responses have been investigated for a typical wing-body configuration model. Also, it is typically shown that the current computation approach can yield realistic and practical results for aircraft design and test engineers.

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Design of a Variable Stability Flight Control System

  • Park, Sung-Su;Ko, Joon-Soo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 2008
  • A design objective for variable stability flight control system is to develop a controller of in-flight simulation capability that forces the aircraft being flown to follow the dynamics of other aircraft. This paper presents a model-following variable stability control system (VSS) for in-flight simulation which consists of feedforward and feedback control laws, the aircraft dynamic model to be simulated, and switching and fader logics to reduce the transient effect between two aircraft dynamics. The separate design techniques for feedforward and feedback control law proposals are based on model matching and augmented linear quadratic (LQ) techniques. The system allows pilots to select and engage VSS mode, and when deselected, the aircraft reverts to the baseline flight control system. Both the baseline flight control laws and VSS control laws are computed continuously during flight. Initialization of the state values are necessary to prevent instability, since VSS control laws have integrators and filters in longitudinal, and lateral/directional axes. This paper demonstrates and validates the effectiveness and quality of VSS with F-16 models embedded in T-50 in-flight simulation aircraft.

Attitude Dynamics Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle

  • Salman Shaaban Ali;Sreenatha Anavatti G.;Choi, Jin-Young
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.4 no.6
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    • pp.782-787
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    • 2006
  • The role of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles(UAVs) has been increasing significantly in both military and civilian operations. Many complex systems, such as UAVs, are difficult to model accurately because they exhibit nonlinearity and show variations with time. Therefore, the control system must address the issues of uncertainty, nonlinearity, and complexity. Hence, identification of the mathematical model is an important process in controller design. In this paper, attitude dynamics identification of UAV is investigated. Using the flight data, nonlinear state space model for attitude dynamics of UAV is derived and verified. Real time simulation results show that the model dynamics match experimental data.

Further results on the development of a novel VTOL aircraft, the Anuloid. Part II: Flight mechanics

  • Petrolo, Marco;Carrera, Erasmo;Visser, Coen de;D'Ottavio, Michele;Polit, Olivier
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.421-436
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents the main outcomes of the preliminary development of the Anuloid, an innovative disk-shaped VTOL aircraft. The Anuloid has three main features: lift is provided by a ducted fan powered by a turboshaft; control capabilities and anti-torque are due to a system of fixed and movable surfaces that are placed in the circular internal duct and the bottom portion of the aircraft; the Coanda effect is exploited to enable the control capabilities of such surfaces. In this paper, results from flight mechanics are presented. The vertical flight dynamics were found to be desirable. In contrast, the horizontal flight dynamics of the aircraft shows both dynamic instability, and more importantly, insufficient pitch and roll control authority. Some recommendations and guidelines are then given aimed at the alleviation of such problems.

Mathematical modeling of the local temperature effect on the deformation of the heat-shielding elements of the aircraft

  • Antufiev, Boris A.;Sun, Ying;Egorova, Olga V.;Bugaev, Nikolay M.
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 2022
  • The physical and mathematical foundations of the heat-shielding composite materials functioning under the conditions of aerodynamic heating of aircraft, as well as under the conditions of the point effect of high-energy radiation are considered. The problem of deformation of a thin shallow shell under the action of a local temperature field is approximately solved. Such problems arise, for example, in the case of local destruction of heat-protective coatings of aircraft shells. Then the aerodynamic heating acts directly on the load-bearing shell of the structure. Its destruction inevitably leads to the death of the entire aircraft. A methodology has been developed for the numerical solution of the entire complex problem on the basis of economical absolutely stable numerical methods. Multiple results of numerical simulation of the thermal state of the locally heated shallow shell under conditions of its thermal destruction at high temperatures have been obtained.

The Prediction of Aeroelasticity of F-5 Aircraft's Horizontal Tail with Various Shape of External Stores (외부 장착물 형상에 따른 F-5 항공기 수평미익의 공탄성 특성 예측)

  • Lee, Ki-Du;Lee, Young-Shin;Lee, Dae-Yearl;Kim, In-Woo;Lee, In-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.9
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    • pp.823-831
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    • 2011
  • According to the development of loading equipments, it is usual to change or replace the existing stores. It has been known that pylon-mounted under stores strongly affect aircraft dynamics characteristics due to the change of aerodynamics. To predict the aerodynamics and aero-elasticity is essentially requested with considering the configuration and shape of external stores during the development of aircraft and/or external stores. In this paper, computational fluid dynamics and computational structure dynamics interaction methodology are applied for prediction of aerodynamic characteristics for F-5 aircraft's horizontal tail with various shape of external stores. FLUENT and ABAQUS were used to calculate fluid and structural dynamics. Code-bridge was made base on the globally supported radial basis function to execute interpolation and mapping. As a result, even though the aeroelasticity of the horizontal tail slightly changes according to the shape of external store, the flutter was not occurred at the considered flight conditions in this study.

CFD ANALYSIS ON AIRCRAFT STORE SEPARATION VALIDATION (무장분리 안전성을 위한 전산해석)

  • Jueng, H.S.;Yoon, Y.H.;Lee, S.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.14-16
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    • 2007
  • A critical problem in the integration of stores into new and existing aircraft is the safe separation of the stores from the aircraft at a variety of flight conditions representative of the aircraft flight regime. Typically, the certification of a particular store/aircraft/flight condition combination is accomplished by a flight test. Flight tests are very expensive and do expose the pilot and aircraft to a certain amount of risk. Wind tunnel testing, although less expensive than flight testing, is still expensive. Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) has held out the promise of alleviating expensive and risk by simulating weapons separation computationally. The forces and moments on a store at carriage and at various points in the flow field of te aircraft can be computed using CFD applied to the full aircraft and store geometry. This study needs full dynamic characteristics study and flow analysis for securing store separation safety. Present study performs dynamic simulation of store separation with flow analysis using Chimera grid scheme which is usually used for moving simulations.

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Aircraft CAS Design with Input Saturation Using Dynamic Model Inversion

  • Sangsoo Lim;Kim, Byoung-Soo
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a control augmentation system (CAS) based on the dynamic model inversion (DMI) architecture for a highly maneuverable aircraft. In the application of DMI not treating actuator dynamics, significant instabilities arise due to limitations on the aircraft inputs, such as actuator time delay based on dynamics and actuator displacement limit. Actuator input saturation usually occurs during high angles of attack maneuvering in low dynamic pressure conditions. The pseudo-control hedging (PCH) algorithm is applied to prevent or delay the instability of the CAS due to a slow actuator or occurrence of actuator saturation. The performance of the proposed CAS with PCH architecture is demonstrated through a nonlinear flight simulation.

A Study on Parameter Estimation for General Aviation Canard Aircraft

  • Kim, Eung Tai;Seong, Kie-Jeong;Kim, Yeong-Cheol
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.425-436
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the procedures used for estimating the stability and control derivatives of a general aviation canard aircraft from flight data. The maximum likelihood estimation method which accounts for both process and measurement noise was used for the flight data analysis of a four seat canard aircraft, the Firefly. Without relying on the parameter estimation method, several aerodynamic derivatives were obtained by analyzing the steady state flight data. A wind tunnel test, a flight test of a 1/4 scaled remotely controlled model aircraft, and the prediction of aerodynamic coefficients using the USAF Stability and Control Digital Data Compendium (DATCOM), Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA), and Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) were performed during the development phase of the Firefly and the results were compared with flight determined derivatives of a full scaled flight prototype. A correlation between the results from each method could be used for the design of the canard aircraft as well as for building the aerodynamic database.

The Design and Analysis of Composite Advanced Propeller Blade for Next Generation Turboprop Aircraft (차세대 터보프롭 항공기용 복합재 최신 프로펠러 설계 및 해석)

  • Choi, Won;Kim, Kwang-Hae;Lee, Won-Joong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2012
  • The one way fluid structure interaction analysis on advanced propeller blade for next generation turboprop aircraft. HS1 airfoil series are selected as a advanced propeller blade airfoil. Adkins method is used for aerodynamic design and performance analysis with respect to the design point. Adkins method is based on the vortex-blade element theory which design the propeller to satisfy the condition for minimum energy loss. propeller geometry is generated by varying chord length and pitch angle at design point. Blade sweep is designed based on the design mach number and target propulsion efficiency. The aerodynamic characteristics of the designed Advanced propeller were verified by CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamic) and showed the enhanced performance than the conventional propeller. The skin-foam sandwich structural type is adopted for blade. The high stiffness, strength carbon/epoxy composite material is used for the skin and PMI(Polymethacrylimide) is used for the foam. Aerodynamic load is calculated by computational fluid dynamics. Linear static stress analysis is performed by finite element analysis code MSC.NASTRAN in order to investigate the structural safety. The result of structural analysis showed that the design has sufficient structural safety. It was concluded that structural safety assessment should incorporate the off-design points.