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Volume 6, 2013
Progress in Flight Dynamics, Guidance, Navigation, Control, Fault Detection, and Avionics
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| Page(s) | 17 - 32 | |
| Section | Handling qualities | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eucass/201306017 | |
| Published online | 02 December 2013 | |
New aircraft configurations handling qualities studies based on the aerodynamic invariant concept
AIRBUS Operations SAS 316 Route de Bayonne, Toulouse 3100, France
This paper proposes an innovative approach to go deeper in the Handling Qualities knowledge for New Aircraft Configurations based on the Aerodynamic Invariant Concept. By manipulating the Doublet Lattice Method for aerodynamic derivatives computation, an Aerodynamic Invariant can be highlighted. It contributes to many aircraft dynamics parameters and can be considered as “key driver” of the longitudinal aircraft dynamics. The aim of this new approach is to study the impact of this aerodynamic invariant on aircraft Handling Qualities and to ask the question: “Could this aerodynamic invariant be used in parallel with Performance in the conceptual design phase to “seek” New Aircraft configurations capable of achieving further Handling Qualities improvement with Performance benefits?” The enclosed results highlight that the aerodynamic invariant could allow to improve and to optimize the aircraft Handling Qualities by relaxing the aircraft dynamics stability.
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