Structural modes for large aircraft occur at low frequencies and must be accounted for in the flight dynamics modeling and control system design process. An analysis is performed on various linear representations of flexible aircraft with an application to the lateral/directional flexible dynamic response of the notional Large Civil Tiltrotor (LCTR2) in hover. The goal of the work is to compare the treatment of the coupling between the rigid-body and structural states within various model structures and to develop conversions between the various model forms. The analysis shows that mean-axis and other simplified analytical representations of flexible aircraft, originally developed for fixed-wing aircraft, are also able to correctly capture the dynamic response of a tiltrotor. First, a linear model is obtained from a multibody simulation using numerical perturbation methods. This is compared with a mean-axis model, where structural dynamics are appended onto rigid-body dynamics, as would be obtained if the rigid-body aircraft response were the starting point in an analytical development of the structural coupling. Comparisons are also given with a model that would be obtained from system identification using flight-test data. Key stability and control derivatives are compared to highlight similarities and differences between the various models. The results from the analysis show the multibody model treats the structural coupling in a significantly different way than an analytical model buildup. For example, the structural coupling to roll rate response varies up to two orders of magnitude between the models, yet the overall response is identical. This work shows analysis of the structural/rigid-body coupling developed for analytical models is also valid for models developed from a multibody analysis. Lastly, structural flexibility will be shown to alter the characteristics of the lateral hovering cubic of the LCTR2 by increasing damping of an unstable oscillatory mode.


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    Titel :

    Comparison of Linear Flexible Aircraft Model Structures on Large Flexible Tiltrotor Aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    Juhasz, Ondrej (Autor:in) / Tischler, Mark B. (Autor:in) / Celi, Roberto (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 60 , 5 ; 1601-1612


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-03-09


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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