Closed-loop dynamic control allocation for aircraft with multiple actuators

A closed-loop control allocation method is proposed for a class of aircraft with multiple actuators. Nonlinear dynamic inversion is used to design the baseline attitude controller and derive the desired moment increment. And a feedback loop for the moment increment produced by the deflections of actuators is added to the angular rate loop, then the error between the desired and actual moment increment is the input of the dynamic control allocation. Subsequently, the stability of the closed-loop dynamic control allocation system is analyzed in detail. Especially, the closedloop system stability is also analyzed in the presence of two types of actuator failures: loss of effectiveness and lock-in-place actuator failures, where a fault detection subsystem to identify the actuator failures is absent. Finally, the proposed method is applied to a canard rotor/wing (CRW) aircraft model in fixed-wing mode, which has multiple actuators for flight control. The nonlinear simulation demonstrates that this method can guarantee the stability and tracking performance whether the actuators are healthy or fail.     

小展弦比飞翼标模尾部畸变影响试验研究

在飞翼布局模型风洞试验中，为实现尾部支撑需对模型进行尾部修形。为摸清飞翼布局模型局部外形畸变的影响规律，本文在 FL-14风洞对某小展弦比飞翼布局原始模型和尾部外形畸变模型进行了试验研究，采用增量法获得了尾部外形畸变的影响规律，并与国内三座低速风洞的三种支撑装置的近／远场支架干扰进行了对比分析。研究结果表明：小侧滑角时，在小迎角范围内尾部畸变影响量显著大于支架干扰量，在中大迎角范围则与支架干扰量级相当；畸变横向影响量较大，且随侧滑角增大而增大。所以应对全机的试验结果进行正确的“畸变”修正，或对尾部畸变外形进行优化，以减小畸变的影响。     

梯形翼高升力构型的数值模拟技术

基于雷诺平均Navier-Stokes(RANS)方程和结构网格技术,采用亚跨超声速平台(TRIP3.0),数值模拟了美国国家航空航天局(NASA)梯形翼构型。研究了控制方程、网格密度、流动转捩和初始条件等不同影响因素对气动特性的影响。风洞试验是2002年在NASA Langley 14ft×22ft亚声速风洞中完成的,试验结果包括了基本气动力和力矩、表面压力系数和边界层速度型分布。计算结果与试验数据的比较表明:求解完全的RANS方程,提高了翼梢涡的模拟精度;网格密度主要影响翼梢涡的强度;转捩模型提高了边界层的模拟精度,进而提高了升力系数、俯仰力矩系数的模拟精度;最大升力系数及失速迎角对初始条件具有依赖性。     

一种飞机尾翼前缘除冰套安装方式

某型飞机平尾前缘除冰系统采用气动机械式除冰方式,在平尾前缘的防护区域敷设除冰套。平尾前缘采用双层金属蒙皮和玻璃纤维复合材料层压板密肋结构形式。通过某型机平尾前缘除冰套安装方式的改进和平尾前缘结构布置的确定,介绍了一种新型的机尾翼除冰套安装方式,平尾前缘结构形式简单,工艺性好,既能满足平尾前缘维修互换性要求,又能满足前缘除冰套安装和维护要求。     

螺旋桨安装效应对无人机气动特性影响

为解决某型飞翼布局无人机(UAV)带动力构型风洞试验最大升阻比相对无动力状态大幅下降的问题,采用计算流体动力学(CFD)方法对无人机无动力与带动力构型进行了数值模拟,数值模拟结果分别与无动力以及带动力风洞试验数据吻合良好,在此基础上深入研究了螺旋桨安装效应对无人机气动特性的影响。结果表明:推力螺旋桨与机身之间气动干扰产生的低压区致使阻力增加,从而导致飞机最大升阻比相比无动力状态下降了30.7%。针对无人机在推力螺旋桨影响下出现的最大升阻比下降问题,采用增大螺旋桨与机身之间距离的方法可以有效地消除机身后部出现的低压区,减小了阻力,提升了无人机最大升阻比。桨毂拉长方案在8°和9°迎角下最大升阻比分别提升了17.3%和15.4%。     

Three-axis coupled flight control law design for flying wing aircraft using eigenstructure assignment method

Due to elimination of horizontal and vertical tails, flying wing aircraft has poor longitudinal and directional dynamic characteristics. In addition, flying wing aircraft uses drag rudders for yaw control, which tends to generate strong three-axis control coupling. To overcome these problems, a flight control law design method that couples the longitudinal axis with the lateral-directional axes is proposed. First, the three-axis coupled control augmentation structure is specified. In the structure, a “soft/hard” cross-connection method is developed for three-axis dynamic decoupling and longitudinal control response decoupling from the drag rudders; maneuvering turn angular rate estimation and subtraction are used in the yaw axis to improve the directional damping. Besides, feedforward control is adopted to improve the maneuverability and control decoupling performance. Then, detailed design methods for feedback and feedforward control parameters are established using eigenstructure assignment and model following technique. Finally, the proposed design method is evaluated and compared with conventional method by numeric simulations. The influences of control derivatives variation of drag rudders on the method are also analyzed. It is demonstrated that the method can effectively improve the dynamic characteristics of flying wing aircraft, especially the directional damping characteristics, and decouple the longitudinal responses from the drag rudders.     

Design and experimental testing of a control system for a morphing wing model actuated with miniature BLDC motors

The paper deals with the design and experimental validation of the actuation mechanism control system for a morphing wing model. The experimental morphable wing model manufactured in this project is a full-size scale wing tip for a real aircraft equipped with an aileron. The morphing actuation of the model is based on a mechanism with four similar in house designed and manufactured actuators, positioned inside the wing on two parallel lines. Each of the four actuators used a BrushLess Direct Current (BLDC) electric motor integrated with a mechanical part performing the conversion of the angular displacements into linear displacements. The following have been chosen as successive steps in the design of the actuator control system: (A) Mathematical and software modelling of the actuator; (B) Design of the control system architecture and tuning using Internal Model Control (IMC) methodology; (C) Numerical simulation of the controlled actuator and its testing on bench and wind tunnel. The morphing wing experimental model is tested both at the laboratory level, with no airflow, to evaluate the components integration and the whole system functioning, but also in the wind tunnel, in the presence of airflow, to evaluate its behavior and the aerodynamic gain.     

Aerodynamic performance enhancement of a flying wing using nanosecond pulsed DBD plasma actuator

Experimental investigation of aerodynamic control on a 35 swept flying wing by means of nanosecond dielectric barrier discharge(NS-DBD) plasma was carried out at subsonic flow speed of 20–40 m/s, corresponding to Reynolds number of 3.1 · 105–6.2 · 105. In control condition, the plasma actuator was installed symmetrically on the leading edge of the wing. Lift coefficient, drag coefficient, lift-to-drag ratio and pitching moment coefficient were tested with and without control for a range of angles of attack. The tested results indicate that an increase of 14.5% in maximum lift coefficient, a decrease of 34.2% in drag coefficient, an increase of 22.4% in maximum lift-to-drag ratio and an increase of 2 at stall angle of attack could be achieved compared with the baseline case. The effects of pulsed frequency, amplitude and chord Reynolds number were also investigated.And the results revealed that control efficiency demonstrated strong dependence on pulsed frequency. Moreover, the results of pitching moment coefficient indicated that the breakdown of leading edge vortices could be delayed by plasma actuator at low pulsed frequencies.     

钝前缘三角翼的高阶湍流数值模拟研究

模拟钝前缘三角翼的特殊双（内、外侧）主涡流动结构和流动分离点的情况,通过定常的RANS计算和基于SA模型的DES计算表明,计算结果与试验数据吻合度较好,可以比较准确地捕捉了三角翼的双主涡结构。同时,应用SA-DES方法可以提高漩涡的模拟精度。     

模型降阶在折叠机翼主动控制中的应用研究

针对以主动控制为目的的模型降阶中的降阶精度以及控制系统的降阶设计问题,以变体飞机折叠机翼为对象,建立以模态综合法为基础的动力学模型,对该模型分别采用模态价值分析方法和平衡截断降阶方法建立结构的降阶模型;利用可控度、可观度对两种降阶模型的精度进行对比分析,对降阶模型进行设计并施加主动控制律,抑制翼尖的位移响应。结果表明:平衡截断降阶模型具有较高的可控度,模态价值分析降阶模型具有较高的可观度;两种降阶模型均可以快速精确地得到高阶动力学的降阶模型,并且该模型可以有效地应用于主动控制系统的设计。