Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-12-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00015-4
Z Pátek , L Smrcek
{"title":"Aerodynamic characteristics of multi-surface aircraft configurations","authors":"Z Pátek , L Smrcek","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00015-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00015-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This paper describes the wind tunnel testing of a specially designed aircraft model allowing systematic variation of geometric parameters related to overall aircraft configurations. The experiment work was carried out in the 1.8</span> <span><span>m low-speed wind tunnel at VZLU, Aeronautical Research and Test Institute in Prague. The resultant data created an aerodynamic database<span> for numerical modelling and verification. In addition, numerical validation of CFD package FLUENT was performed in the computerised fluid dynamic laboratory at the Department of </span></span>Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow as a part of the ongoing research collaboration between both institutions. The wind-tunnel test program had two aims</span></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>to provide basic aerodynamic data effects of multi-surface aircraft configurations with a view to assessing the degree to which specific design features such as a combination of canard, wing and tail plane are beneficial to aircraft aerodynamic performance</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>to provide an aerodynamic database for numerical validation.</p></span></li></ul><span><span>\u0000The aerodynamic data for different geometrical aircraft configurations with the same wing, fuselage, horizontal tail and canard surfaces were compared. The results show the magnitude of lift, drag and pitching moment depending on the </span>angle of attack and various positions of canard, wing and horizontal tail with respect to one another. They have been compared with studied references. The experimental results are in accordance with theoretical predictions.</span></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 191-206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00015-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91754927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00012-9
X Xie, Ch Haberland
{"title":"A new numerical design tool for concept evaluation of propeller aircraft","authors":"X Xie, Ch Haberland","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00012-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00012-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Besides the conceptual configuration development of an aircraft, a modern design tool should cover the evaluation of competitor aircraft, allow the assessment of technological and operational scenarios, and thus should have the potential to `right first time design'. For that purpose, the design system VisualCAPDA was developed on the basis of the former CAPDA system by evolutionarily introducing modern software standards under the premise of maximum reusability of existing FORTRAN coded methods. The new system plays the role of a workbench, which has to provide the analysis methods and necessary data. Through a graphical user interface the application of the system comes along as comfortable for the user as possible. In order to cover also turboprop aircraft, new modules with respect to cabin layout, propeller aerodynamic and acoustic analysis, propeller </span>slip stream<span>, engine modeling, geometry modeling are integrated into the design tool. The flexibility of the new system is demonstrated by applying it to the configurational development of propeller aircraft, investigating actual problems such as `Twin or Quad', `Turboprop or Turbofan', and finally, dealing with typical optimization problems.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 147-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00012-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72985433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00010-5
S.M Malaek, K Hodjat, M Dorri
{"title":"Rotary cockpit compartment—design concept and control strategy","authors":"S.M Malaek, K Hodjat, M Dorri","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00010-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00010-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new aircraft configuration to employ a rotary cockpit compartment (RCC) is proposed to allow an arbitrary line of sight and visibility pattern. In addition to being a manually controlled system, the rotary cockpit control system is linked to the aircraft flight control computer and therefore automatically reacts to high speed turns, giving a wider view of the scene of the rear of the aircraft. To ensure the highest degree of reliability, in case the aircraft conducts a compound maneuver consisting of successive turns, two different strategies to rotate the cockpit have been investigated. A complete set of nonlinear and coupled equations of motion are used to prove the effectiveness of RCC in a complex maneuver in 3/D space. More research might be needed to investigate the possibility of pilot confusion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 105-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00010-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73600929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00009-9
Adolf H.W Bos
{"title":"Intake-engine matching for high-speed civil transport powerplant design and analysis","authors":"Adolf H.W Bos","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00009-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00009-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>This paper addresses the necessity to incorporate an intake-engine matching procedure in any procedure to analyze the off-design performance of engines designed to power high-speed civil transport aircraft. Most methods known to the author that are useable in the </span>conceptual design phase of the aircraft (a phase characterized by the fact that very few design variables are known) only analyze the performance of the engine, without taking into account the design and performance of the intake. It will be shown in this paper, that the intake and the design exhibit a strong mutual influence, that cannot be neglected. An alternative method of analysis is presented. Particular reference will be made to the phenomenon of excess air and the resulting spillage drag. It will be shown that spillage air can be quite large in case of an HSCT design, especially in case the engine is designed for a high cruise Mach number. Assuming the presence of a sophisticated </span>intake system<span> generating multiple shocks in order to optimize the intake efficiency at the cruise condition, excess air at lower Mach numbers can amount to more than 60%.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 95-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00009-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80186402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00003-8
V.L. Wells , J.W. Rutherford , A.M. Corgiat
{"title":"Mission and concept evaluation for a multirole, mission-adaptable air vehicle","authors":"V.L. Wells , J.W. Rutherford , A.M. Corgiat","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00003-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00003-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper describes the results from a concept exploration study to assess the feasibility of a modular/reconfigurable rotorcraft<span><span> designated the “multirole, mission-adaptable air vehicle (MRMAAV)”. The initial phase of the study consisted of developing mission and operational requirements<span> for the vehicle. This phase resulted in the assessment that the aircraft should be considered primarily an attack vehicle but with the capability, through reconfiguration, for performing several alternate missions. Evaluation of several high-speed rotorcraft concepts led to the selection of two platform configurations for further study. These included the variable-diameter compound helicopter (VDCH) and the joined-wing tilt rotor (JWTR). Detailed sizing efforts focused on the VDCH as the more feasible of the two concepts. Innovative aspects of the air vehicle include variable-diameter main rotor, turboshaft/turbofan </span></span>convertible engine, virtual-canopy cockpit, and reconfigurable payload bay. The mission-equipment package is highlighted by an autonomous remote sensor platform. The study identifies areas which best lend themselves to a modular or reconfigurable design approach and describes in detail a candidate vehicle meeting the MRMAAV objectives.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 65-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00003-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76422183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00005-1
J.W. Rutherford , V.L. Wells
{"title":"An air-launched, self-recovering autonomous vehicle concept","authors":"J.W. Rutherford , V.L. Wells","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00005-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00005-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper introduces an autonomous vehicle concept (ALSR AV) that is air-launched and self-recovering. The aircraft has a rotor wing lifting surface that is fixed perpendicular to the fuselage during flight operations, windmills during autorotative self-recovery, and is stowed parallel to the fuselage for transport. The vehicle has advantages over other proposed autonomous aircraft in that fuel requirements are minimized since it is transported to the objective area, separate launch and recovery facilities are not necessary, and it has a relatively compact size and low complexity relative to other V/STOL autonomous vehicles. The ALSR AV is proposed for remote sensing, surveillance, and scout military missions, as well as search-and-rescue and law-enforcement civil operations. The analysis indicates that the ALSR AV represents a viable candidate for such applications, and can be sized to be carried by and perform a mission complimentary to the AH-64 Apache.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 81-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00005-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90481432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-03-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00006-3
Scott M. Murman , Yehia M. Rizk , Russell M. Cummings , Lewis B. Schiff
{"title":"Computational investigation of slot blowing for fuselage forebody flow control","authors":"Scott M. Murman , Yehia M. Rizk , Russell M. Cummings , Lewis B. Schiff","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00006-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00006-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>This paper presents a computational investigation of a tangential slot blowing concept for generating lateral control forces on an aircraft fuselage forebody. This work is aimed at aiding researchers in designing future experimental and computational models of tangential slot blowing. The effects of varying both the jet width and jet </span>exit velocity<span><span> for a fixed location slot are analyzed. The primary influence on the resulting side force of the forebody is seen to be the jet </span>mass flow rate. This influence is insensitive to different combinations of slot widths and </span></span>jet velocities over the range of variables considered. Both an actuator plane and an overset grid technique are used to model the tangential slot. The overset method successfully resolves the details of the actual slot geometry, extending the generality of the numerical method. The actuator plane concept predicts side forces similar to those produced by resolving the actual slot geometry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 45-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00006-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76149546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1999-03-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00002-6
Stephen M. Batill , Marc A. Stelmack , Xiong Qing Yu
{"title":"Multidisciplinary design optimization of an electric-powered unmanned air vehicle","authors":"Stephen M. Batill , Marc A. Stelmack , Xiong Qing Yu","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00002-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00002-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Concurrent Subspace Design (CSD) framework has been used to conduct a preliminary design optimization of an electric-powered, unmanned air vehicle operating at low Reynolds number. A multidisciplinary system analysis has been developed for this class of vehicles and includes aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, performance and stability and control. The CSD framework employs artificial neural network-based response surfaces to provide approximations to the design space. This approach was applied to a number of conceptual aircraft design studies. In each case the CSD framework was able to identify feasible designs with significant weight reductions relative to any previously considered (i.e. initial database) designs. This was accomplished with a reasonable number of system analyses. The results also demonstrate the adaptive nature of this design framework to changes in design requirements.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00002-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86799782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1998-12-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00017-2
S. Pradeep
{"title":"Derivation of perturbed equations of motion of aircraft","authors":"S. Pradeep","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00017-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00017-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Flight dynamics courses are exciting except for the part where instructors derive long and complicated equations for seemingly endless time. Most students are left bewildered at the dull algebra. A refreshing approach to present the derivation of the equations of motion of aircraft is exemplified in this paper. The method is based on the finding that the students appreciate the algebra better if they are enlightened about the logic behind it. The derivation of the perturbed equations is unfolded through the theory of stability in the first approximation. Although the concept is as old as the equations themselves, it is amazing that it is not explained in this manner in books. The author’s teaching experience has shown that this approach has led to substantial amelioration of the course. Students who are learning the course for the first time find the derivation of equations as gripping as the remaining portion when taught in this fashion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 205-215"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00017-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80744329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aircraft DesignPub Date : 1998-12-01DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00018-4
John H. McMasters , Ilan M. Kroo
{"title":"Advanced configurations for very large transport airplanes","authors":"John H. McMasters , Ilan M. Kroo","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00018-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00018-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent aerospace industry interest in developing subsonic commercial transport airplanes with at least 50% greater passenger capacity than the largest existing aircraft in this category (e.g. the Boeing 747-400 with approximately 400–450 seats) has generated a number of proposals based primarily on the configuration paradigm established 50 years ago with the Boeing B-47 bomber. While this classic configuration has come to dominate subsonic commercial airplane development since the advent of the Boeing 707/Douglas DC-8 in the mid-1950s, its extrapolation to the size required to carry more than 600–700 passengers raises a number of questions, including:</p><ul><li><span>1. </span><span><p>How large can an airplane of 707/747 configuration be built and still remain economically and operationally viable?</p></span></li><li><span>2. </span><span><p>What configuration alternatives might allow circumvention of practical size limitations inherent in the basic 707/747 configuration?</p></span></li><li><span>3. </span><span><p>What new and/or dormant technology elements might be brought together in synergistic ways to resolve or ameliorate very large subsonic airplane problems?</p></span></li></ul>\u0000<p>To explore these and a number of related issues, a team of Boeing, university and NASA engineers was formed under the auspices of the NASA Advanced Concepts Program during 1994. The results of a Research Analysis contract (NAS1-20269) focused on a large, unconventional (C-wing) transport configuration for which Boeing and the authors were granted a design patent in 1995 is the subject of this paper which is based on information contained in McMasters et al. (NASA CR 198351, October 1996).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 217-242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(98)00018-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79356716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}