An Investigation of Open Loop Flight Control Equations of Motion Used to Predict Flight Control Surface Deflections at Non-Steady State Trim Conditions (Project HAVE TRIM)

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Miller ◽  
Fabrizio Beccarisi ◽  
E. J. Teichert ◽  
Matthew W. Higer ◽  
Peter A. Wenell
2012 ◽  
Vol 226-228 ◽  
pp. 788-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Guo ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
Shi Lu Chen

This paper describes a multidisciplinary computational study undertaken to compute the flight trajectories and simultaneously predict the unsteady free flight aerodynamics of aircraft in time domain using an advanced coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD)/rigid body dynamics (RBD) technique. This incorporation of the flight mechanics equations and controller into the CFD solver loop and the treatment of the mesh, which must move with both the control surface deflections and the rigid motion of the aircraft, are illustrated. This work is a contribution to a wider effort towards the simulation of aeroelastic and flight stability in regions where nonlinear aerodynamics, and hence potentially CFD, can play a key role. Results demonstrating the coupled solution are presented.


Helmholtz was the first to remark on the instability of those “liquid surfaces” which separate portions of fluid moving with different velocities, and Kelvin, in investigating the influence of wind on waves in water, supposed frictionless, has discussed the conditions under which a plane surface of water becomes unstable. Adopting Kelvin’s method, Rayleigh investigated the instability of a surface of discontinuity. A clear and easily accessible rendering of the discussion is given by Lamb. The above investigations are conducted upon the well-known principle of “small oscillations”—there is a basic steady motion, upon which is superposed a flow, the squares of whose components of velocity can be neglected. This method has the advantage of making the equations of motion linear. If by this method the flow is found to be stable, the equations of motion give the subsequent history of the system, for the small oscillations about the steady state always remain “small.” If, however, the method indicates that the system is unstable, that is, if the deviations from the steady state increase exponentially with the time, the assumption of small motions cannot, after an appropriate interval of time, be applied to the case under consideration, and the equations of motion, in their approximate form, no longer give a picture of the flow. For this reason, which is well known, the investigations of Rayleigh only prove the existence of instability during the initial stages of the motion. It is the object of this note to investigate the form assumed by the surface of discontinuity when the displacements and velocities are no longer small.


Author(s):  
Daniel A. Tortorelli

Abstract Adjoint and direct differentiation methods are used to formulate design sensitivities for the steady-state response of damped linear elastodynamic systems that are subject to periodic loads. Variations of a general response functional are expressed in explicit form with respect to design field perturbations. Modal analysis techniques which uncouple the equations of motion are used to perform the analyses. In this way, it is possible to obtain closed form relations for the sensitivity expressions. This eliminates the need to evaluate the adjoint response and psuedo response (these responses are associated with the adjoint and direct differentiation sensitivity problems) over the time domain. The sensitivities need not be numerically integrated over time, thus they are quickly computed. The methodology is valid for problems with proportional as well as non-proportional damping. In an example problem, sensitivities of steady-state vibration amplitude of a crankshaft subject to engine firing loads are evaluated with respect to the stiffness, inertial, and damping parameters which define the shaft. Both the adjoint and direct differentiation methods are used to compute the sensitivities. Finite difference sensitivity approximations are also calculated to validate the explicit sensitivity results.


Author(s):  
Cagkan Yildiz ◽  
Tamer M. Wasfy ◽  
Hatem M. Wasfy ◽  
Jeanne M. Peters

In order to accurately predict the fatigue life and wear life of a belt, the various stresses that the belt is subjected to and the belt slip over the pulleys must be accurately calculated. In this paper, the effect of material and geometric parameters on the steady-state stresses (including normal, tangential and axial stresses), average belt slip for a flat belt, and belt-drive energy efficiency is studied using a high-fidelity flexible multibody dynamics model of the belt-drive. The belt’s rubber matrix is modeled using three-dimensional brick elements and the belt’s reinforcements are modeled using one dimensional truss elements. Friction between the belt and the pulleys is modeled using an asperity-based Coulomb friction model. The pulleys are modeled as cylindrical rigid bodies. The equations of motion are integrated using a time-accurate explicit solution procedure. The material parameters studied are the belt-pulley friction coefficient and the belt axial stiffness and damping. The geometric parameters studied are the belt thickness and the pulleys’ centers distance.


Author(s):  
George Valsamos ◽  
Christos Theodosiou ◽  
Sotirios Natsiavas

Dynamic response related to fatigue prediction of an urban bus is investigated. First, a quite complete model subjected to road excitation is employed in order to extract sufficiently reliable and accurate information in a fast way. The bus model is set up by applying the finite element method, resulting to an excessive number of degrees of freedom. In addition, the bus suspension units involve nonlinear characterstics. A step towards alleviating this difficulty is the application of an appropriate coordinate transformation, causing a drastic reduction in the dimension of the final set of the equations of motion. This allows the application of a systematic numerical methodology leading to direct determination of periodic steady state response of nonlinear models subjected to periodic excitation. Next, typical results were obtained for excitation resulting from selected urban road profiles. These profiles have either a known form or known statistical properties, expressed by an appropriate spatial power spectral density function. In all cases examined, the emphasis was put on investigating ride response. The main attention was focused on identifying areas of the bus suspension and frame subsystems where high stress levels are developed. This information is based on the idea of a nonlinear transfer function and provides the basis for applying suitable criteria in order to perform analyses leading to prediction of fatigue failure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S11) ◽  
pp. 4031-4034

Fly back converter is the most popular converter because of its simplicity, low part counts and isolation. It occupies less volume and it saves cost. Fly back converter steps up and step down the voltage with the same polarity. Open loop operation remains insensitive to the input voltage and load variations. Matlab Simulink model for Fly back converter is established using PI controller. Open loop Fly back converter system and closed loop fly back converter systems are simulated and their outcomes are compared. Comparison is done in terms of Rise time ,Settling time and steady state error


WARTA ARDHIA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Sayuti Syamsuar

This paper provides an overview of the design of adaptive flight control system of wing in surface effect craft Lippisch configuration 8 passengers capacity during cruise in the low speed and low altitude. The control system will be used the control surface, such as elevator deflection as input and pitch angle deflection as output response or by using engine throttle setting as input and others output response in the longitudinal mode. This paper describes some methodologies control system method and analysis such as PID controller system with gain scheduling approach, and root locus method. The observable matrices (4 x 4) on the longitudinal mode that used in the control system became from aerodynamic derivative parameters of 8 seaters configuration that calculated by DATCOM numerical simulation or wind tunnel test result and dummy data.  Kajian ini merupakan rancangan sistem kendali terbang adaptif pada pesawat efek permukaan konfigurasi Lippisch kapasitas 8 orang saat terbang mendatar pada kecepatan dan ketinggian terbang rendah. Sistem kendali terbang yang digunakan, seperti defleksi elevator sebagai input dan defleksi sudut pitch sebagai respon output atau penggunaan defleksi throttle mesin sebagai input dan parameter respon output lain pada gerak matra longitudinal. Kajian menjelaskan penggunaan beberapa metodologi dan analisis sistem kendali terbang adaptif, seperti kontroler PID dengan pendekatan gain scheduling, dan metoda root locus. Matriks ruang keadaan berukuran (4 x 4) pada matra longitudinal yang digunakan pada sistem kendali terbang adaptif diperoleh dari parameter turunan aerodinamika hasil perhitungan numerik DATCOM atau hasil uji terowongan angin dan data dummy.


2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Fakhar ◽  
Zu-Chi Chen ◽  
Xiaoda Ji

AbstractThe machinery of Lie theory (groups and algebras) is applied to the unsteady equations of motion of rotating fluid. A special-function type solution for the steady state is derived. It is then shown how the solution generates an infinite number of time-dependent solutions via three arbitrary functions of time. This algebraic structure also provides the mechanism to search for other solutions since its character is inferred from the basic equations.


Author(s):  
Jiechi Xu ◽  
Joseph R. Baumgarten

Abstract The application of the systematic procedures in the derivation of the equations of motion proposed in Part I of this work is demonstrated and implemented in detail. The equations of motion for each subsystem are derived individually and are assembled under the concept of compatibility between the local kinematic properties of the elastic degrees of freedom of those connected elastic members. The specific structure under consideration is characterized as an open loop system with spherical unconstrained chains being capable of rotating about a Hooke’s or universal joint. The rigid body motion, due to two unknown rotations, and the elastic degrees of freedom are mutually coupled and influence each other. The traditional motion superposition approach is no longer applicable herein. Numerical examples for several cases are presented. These simulations are compared with the experimental data and good agreement is indicated.


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