Wind and wind shear components are estimated and used for controlling an externally-blown flap STOL aircraft and a B-727 during landing approach under the JAWS microburst profile. A combination of feedforward and feedback concepts is used. The objective is tracking of airspeed and glide slope. Both an asymptotic disturbance rejection scheme, which is equivalent to MIMO zero assignment, and a linear quadratic scheme prove to be successful. Higher angle-of-attack is used only after thrust saturation. Downdraft is found to be more difficult to counter for STOL aircraft than is horizontal wind shear. A third design formulation based on successive loop closure is also presented. A 'Wind Shear Penetration Index' is described, which offers a simple and quantitative evaluation of an aircraft's ability to safely penetrate a wind shear. This index is particularly useful if used with Doppler radars.
Control of aircraft landing approach in wind shear
1987-01-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Control of aircraft landing approach in wind shear
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