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Unsteady aerodynamics modeling for flight dynamics application

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In view of engineering application, it is practicable to decompose the aerodynamics into three components: the static aerodynamics, the aerodynamic increment due to steady rotations, and the aerodynamic increment due to unsteady separated and vortical flow. The first and the second components can be presented in conventional forms, while the third is described using a one-order differential equation and a radial-basis-function (RBF) network. For an aircraft configuration, the mathematical models of 6-component aerodynamic coefficients are set up from the wind tunnel test data of pitch, yaw, roll, and coupled yawroll large-amplitude oscillations. The flight dynamics of an aircraft is studied by the bifurcation analysis technique in the case of quasi-steady aerodynamics and unsteady aerodynamics, respectively. The results show that: (1) unsteady aerodynamics has no effect upon the existence of trim points, but affects their stability; (2) unsteady aerodynamics has great effects upon the existence, stability, and amplitudes of periodic solutions; and (3) unsteady aerodynamics changes the stable regions of trim points obviously. Furthermore, the dynamic responses of the aircraft to elevator deflections are inspected. It is shown that the unsteady aerodynamics is beneficial to dynamic stability for the present aircraft. Finally, the effects of unsteady aerodynamics on the post-stall maneuverability are analyzed by numerical simulation.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics, 621000, Mianyang, China

    Qing Wang, Kai-Feng He, Wei-Qi Qian, Tian-Jiao Zhang & Yan-Qing Cheng

  2. Computational Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, 621000, Mianyang, China

    Qing Wang, Kai-Feng He, Wei-Qi Qian, Tian-Jiao Zhang & Yan-Qing Cheng

  3. Scientific Research Base of Flight Technology and Safety, Civil Aviation Flight University of China, 618307, Guanghan, China

    Kai-Yuan Wu

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Wang, Q., He, KF., Qian, WQ. et al. Unsteady aerodynamics modeling for flight dynamics application. Acta Mech Sin 28, 14–23 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-012-0012-z

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