A Technique for Testing and Evaluation of Aircraft Flight Performance During Early Design Phases 975541
A technique is proposed for examining complex behaviors in the “pilot - vehicle - operational conditions” system using an autonomous situational model of flight. The goal is to identify potentially critical flight situations in the system behavior early in the design process. An exhaustive set of flight scenarios can be constructed and modeled on a computer by the designer in accordance with test certification requirements or other inputs. Distinguishing features of the technique include the autonomy of experimentation (the pilot and a flight simulator are not involved) and easy planning and quick modeling of complex multi-factor flight cases. An example of mapping airworthiness requirements into formal scenarios is presented. Simulation results for various flight situations and aircraft types are also demonstrated.
Citation: Burdun, I. and Mavris, D., "A Technique for Testing and Evaluation of Aircraft Flight Performance During Early Design Phases," SAE Technical Paper 975541, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/975541. Download Citation
Author(s):
Ivan Y. Burdun, Dimitri N. Mavris
Affiliated:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Pages: 14
Event:
World Aviation Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1997 Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V106-1
Related Topics:
Simulators
Design processes
Aircraft
Simulation and modeling
Autonomous vehicles
Planning / scheduling
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