Publication detail

Simulation of a maneuvering aircraft using a panel method

SCHOŘ, P. KOUŘIL, M. DANĚK, V.

Original Title

Simulation of a maneuvering aircraft using a panel method

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

We present a method for numerical simulations of a maneuvering aircraft, which uses a first-order unsteady panel method as the only source of aerodynamic forces and moments. By using the proposed method, it is possible to simulate a motion of an aircraft, while the only required inputs are geometry and inertia characteristics, which significantly reduces the time required to start the simulation. We validated the method by a comparison of recordings of flight parameters (position, velocities, accelerations) from an actual acrobatic flight of a glider and the results obtained from the simulations. The simulation was controlled by deflections of control surfaces recorded during the actual flight. We found a reasonable agreement between the experimental data and the simulation. The design of our method allows to evaluate not only the integral kinematic quantities but also instant local pressure and inertia loads. This makes our method useful also for a load evaluation of an aircraft. A significant advantage of the proposed method is that only an ordinary workstation computer is required to perform the simulation.

Keywords

Flight Mechanics; Aerodynamics; Simulation; Panel method; Maneuvering Aircraft;

Authors

SCHOŘ, P.; KOUŘIL, M.; DANĚK, V.

Released

30. 4. 2021

Publisher

Czech Technical University in Prague

Location

Praha

ISBN

1210-2709

Periodical

Acta Polytechnica

Year of study

61

Number

2

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

378

Pages to

390

Pages count

13

URL

https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/6627

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/204106

BibTex

@article{BUT176868,
  author="Pavel {Schoř} and Martin {Kouřil} and Vladimír {Daněk}",
  title="Simulation of a maneuvering aircraft using a panel method",
  journal="Acta Polytechnica",
  year="2021",
  volume="61",
  number="2",
  pages="378--390",
  doi="10.14311/AP.2021.61.0378",
  issn="1210-2709",
  url="https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/6627"
}