Title: Conceptual Flexible Aircraft Model for Modeling, Analysis and Control Studies
Abstract: In this paper, we present models of conceptual flexible aircraft suitable for aerodynamic, flight mechanics and flight control studies. The aircraft is representative of a medium size civil jet transport and it is developed in three configurations of increasing flexibility. The model integrates 6 degrees of freedom rigid and structural dynamics, which are obtained via finite elements and modal decomposition (up to 9 flexible modes are considered). An incremental unsteady aerodynamic model is determined via the Doublet Lattice method. The aircraft possesses 8 aerodynamic control effectors, suitable for control of the rigid and flexible modes. A rigid body aerodynamic model is also considered. A brief numeric discussion about flutter is also presented.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-06-14
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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