The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center has developed a versatile simulation software package that is applicable to a broad range of fixed-wing aircraft. This package has evolved in support of a variety of flight research programs. The structure is designed to be flexible enough for use in batch-mode, real-time pilot-in-the-loop, and flight hardware-in-the-loop simulation. Current simulations operate on UNIX-based platforms and are coded with a FORTRAN shell and C support routines. This paper discusses the features of the simulation software design and some basic model development techniques. The key capabilities that have been included in the simulation are described. The NASA Dryden simulation software is in use at other NASA centers, within industry, and at several universities. The straightforward but flexible design of this well-validated package makes it especially useful in an engineering environment.
Flight Simulation Software at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
1995
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
Test Facilities & Equipment , Job Training & Career Development , Aircraft configurations , Applications programs (Computers) , Computerized simulation , Fixed wings , Flight simulation , Real time operation , Software engineering , Unix (Operating system) , Aerospace industry , Coding , Fortran , Research facilities , Technology transfer