When a single-engine aircraft suffers an engine failure shortly after take-off, the pilot is forced to execute a power-off glide to a landing. If the engine failure occurs at a low altitude, there is no choice but to land straight ahead. However, when the engine failure occurs at a higher altitude, the possibility arises to turn the aircraft back to the runway. The latter option has the potential to improve survivability, in particular, when the surrounding terrain turns out to be inhospitable. The goal of the present study is to establish under what conditions returning to the runway is a feasible and safe option. To this end, the turn-back landing problem is formulated as an optimal control problem and solved numerically using the direct optimization technique of collocation and non-linear programming. The aircraft model employed in the numerical examples concerns an F-16 fighter aircraft, modelled as a point mass. The influence of wind on the optimal turn-back manoeuvre is also discussed.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff prüfen

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen

    Bestellung bei Subito €


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Optimal turn-back manoeuvre after engine failure in a single-engine aircraft during climb-out


    Beteiligte:
    Brinkman, K (Autor:in) / Visser, H G (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2007


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch






    Optimal Turn-Back Maneuver After Engine Failure in a Single-Engine Aircraft During Climb-Out AIAA Paper

    Brinkman, K. / Visser, H. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007



    A Closed-Loop Guidance Approximation for the Turn-Back Maneuver After Engine Failure During Climb-Out AIAA Paper

    Brinkman, K. / Visser, H. / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007