Aeroelastic stability and control derivatives for the X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT), in the stiff-wing configuration, were estimated from flight test data using the output-error method. Practical aspects of the analysis are discussed. The orthogonal phase-optimized multisine inputs provided excellent data information for aeroelastic modeling. Consistent parameter estimates were determined using output error in both the frequency and time domains. The frequency domain analysis converged faster and was less sensitive to starting values for the model parameters, which was useful for determining the aeroelastic model structure and obtaining starting values for the time domain analysis. Including a modal description of the structure from a finite element model reduced the complexity of the estimation problem and improved the modeling results. Effects of reducing the model order on the short period stability and control derivatives were investigated.


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    Title :

    Aeroelastic Modeling of X-56A Stiff-Wing Configuration Flight Test Data


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech 2017 ; 2017 ; Dallas, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-01-09


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English