A concerted effort has been underway over the past several years to evolve computational capabilities for modeling aircraft loss-of-control under the NASA Aviation Safety Program. A principal goal has been to develop reliable computational tools for predicting and analyzing the non-linear stability & control characteristics of aircraft near stall boundaries affecting safe flight, and for utilizing those predictions for creating augmented flight simulation models that improve pilot training. Pursuing such an ambitious task with limited resources required the forging of close collaborative relationships with a diverse body of computational aerodynamicists and flight simulation experts to leverage their respective research efforts into the creation of NASA tools to meet this goal. Considerable progress has been made and work remains to be done. This paper summarizes the status of the NASA effort to establish computational capabilities for modeling aircraft loss-of-control and offers recommendations for future work.
Status of Computational Aerodynamic Modeling Tools for Aircraft Loss-of-Control
2016
25 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aerodynamics , Computational fluid dynamics , Computer systems performance , Wind tunnel stability tests , Aircraft models , Dynamic models , Losses , Aircraft control , Aerodynamic stalling , Flight simulation , Predictions , Stability , Flight safety , Computerized simulation , Navier-stokes equation , Nonlinearity , Pilot training , Aircraft icing , Gust loads
Computational Aerodynamic Modeling Tools for Aircraft Loss of Control
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