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Simulation and flight evaluation of a parameter estimation input design method for hybrid-wing-body aircraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Taylor, Brian R. Ratnayake, Nalin A. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | As part of an effort to improve emissions, noise, and performance of next generation aircraft, it is expected that future aircraft will make use of distributed, multi-objective control effectors in a closed-loop flight control system. Correlation challenges associated with parameter estimation will arise with this expected aircraft configuration. Research presented in this paper focuses on addressing the correlation problem with an appropriate input design technique and validating this technique through simulation and flight test of the X-48B aircraft. The X-48B aircraft is an 8.5 percent-scale hybrid wing body aircraft demonstrator designed by The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois, USA), built by Cranfield Aerospace Limited (Cranfield, Bedford, United Kingdom) and flight tested at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Center (Edwards, California, USA). Based on data from flight test maneuvers performed at Dryden Flight Research Center, aerodynamic parameter estimation was performed using linear regression and output error techniques. An input design technique that uses temporal separation for de-correlation of control surfaces is proposed, and simulation and flight test results are compared with the aerodynamic database. This paper will present a method to determine individual control surface aerodynamic derivatives. |
| File Size | 7652864 |
| Page Count | 44 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100039465 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3mw7ds9f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-07-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerodynamics Flight Tests Error Analysis Body-wing Configurations Global Positioning System Control Surfaces Flight Control Parameter Identification Aircraft Control Flight Simulation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
