Flight Dynamics and Control - · PDF fileIntroduction •The study of the mechanics and dynamics of flight is the means by which : –We can design an airplane to accomplish

Flight Dynamics and ControlLecture 1:Introduction

G. DimitriadisUniversity of Liege

Reference material• Lecture Notes• Flight Dynamics Principles, M.V. Cook, Arnold, 1997

• Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics, David G. Hull, Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46573-7

What is it about?

Introduction• The study of the mechanics and dynamics of flight is the means by which :– We can design an airplane to accomplish efficiently a specific task

– We can make the task of the pilot easier by ensuring good handling qualities

– We can avoid unwanted or unexpected phenomena that can be encountered in flight

Aircraft description

Pilot Flight ControlSystem Airplane Response Task

The pilot has direct control only of the Flight Control System. However, he can tailor his inputs to the FCS by observing the airplane’s response while always keeping an eye on the task at hand.

Control Surfaces

• Aircraft control is accomplished through control surfaces and power– Ailerons– Elevators– Rudder– Throttle

• Control deflections were first developed by the Wright brothers from watching birds

Wright FlyerThe Flyer did not have separate control surfaces.The trailing edges of the windtips could be bent by a system of cables

Modern control surfaces

Elevator

Rudder

Aileron

Elevon (elevator+aileron)

Rudderon (rudder+aileron)

Other devicesFlaps

Spoilers

•Combinations of control surfaces and other devices: flaperons, spoilerons, decelerons (aileron and airbrake)•Vectored thrust

Airbreak

Mathematical Model

InputAileronElevatorRudderThrottle

Aircraft equations of motion

OutputDisplacementVelocityAcceleration

Flight Condition

Atmospheric Condition

Aircraft degrees of freedomSix degrees of freedom:

3 displacements

x: horizontal motion

y: side motion

z: vertical motion

3 rotations

Around x: roll

Around y: pitch

Around z: yaw

x

z

y

Uw

U: resultant linear velocity, cg: centre of gravityw: resultant angular velocity

cg

Aircraft frames of reference• There are many possible coordinate systems:

– Inertial (immobile and far away)– Earth-fixed (rotates with the earth’s surface)– Vehicle carried vertical frame (fixed on aircraft cg, vertical axis parallel to gravity)

– Air-trajectory (fixed on aircraft cg, parallel to the direction of motion of the aircraft)

– Body-fixed (fixed on aircraft cg, parallel to a geometric datum line on the aircraft)

– Stability axes (fixed on aircraft cg, parallel to a reference flight condition)

– Others

Airplane geometry

cg

c

c

c /4

s = b /2

c /4

lT

lt

y

c(y)

xMAC

x y( )

Airplane references (1)

• Standard mean chord (SMC)

• Mean aerodynamic chord (MAC)

• Wing area

• Aspect Ratio

c = c 2 y( )−s

s

∫ dy / c y( )−s

s

∫ dy

c = c y( )−s

s

∫ dy / dy−s

s

∫

AR = b2 /S

S = bc

xMAC = c y( ) x y( )−s

s

∫ dy / c y( )−s

s

∫ dy


• Centre of gravity (cg)• Tailplane area (ST)• Tail moment arm (lT)• Tail volume ratio: A measure of the aerodynamic effectiveness of the tailplane

V T =ST lTSc


• Fin moment arm (lF)• Fin volume ratio

c /4

c /4cg

lF

lf

V F =SF lF

Sc

Aerodynamic Reference Centres

• Centre of pressure (cp): The point at which the resultant aerodynamic force F acts. There is no aerodynamic moment around the cp.

• Half-chord: The point at which the aerodynamic force due to camber, Fc, acts

• Quarter-chord (or aerodynamic centre): The point at which the aerodynamic force due to angle of attack, Fa, acts. The aerodynamic moment around the quarter-chord, M0, is constant with angle of attack

Airfoil with centres

ac

Dc

cpD Da

Lc L La

Fc F Fa

L

DM0

c /4

c /2

hnc

c

Camber line

V0

By placing all of the lift and drag on the aerodynamic centre we move the lift and drag due to camber from the half-chord to the quarter chord. This is balanced by the moment M0

Full description of aircraft movement

• The static stability analysis presented in the aircraft design lectures is good for the preliminary design of aircraft

• Aircraft flight is a dynamic phenomenon:– Every control input or external excitation results in a dynamic response

– The dynamic response may be oscillatory and have a single or several frequency components

– The dynamic response may be damped (stable) or undamped (unstable)

• The modelling of this dynamic response necessitates the derivation of the full equations of motion of the aircraft

Nomenclature• Here is a definition of the degrees of freedom of an aircraft and the forces and moments acting on it.

• All degrees of freedom are relative to the aircraft’s centre of gravity and use aircraft geometrical axes.

Symbols Definitionx, U, X translation, velocity and force applied in the direction parallel to

the axis of the fuselagey, V, Y translation, velocity and force applied in the direction

perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of the aircraftz, W, Z translation, velocity and force applied in the direction

perpendicular to both x and yp, L angular velocity and moment in roll directionq, M angular velocity and moment in pitch directionr, N angular velocity and moment in yaw direction

Body and axesAxis system

Could be any body but in this case it is an aircraft of mass m.

For the moment it is a flexible body

Any point p on the body can have a velocity and acceleration with respect to the c.g.

Vector notation• We define the following vector notation

• Noting that u and a are velocities and accelerations with respect to the center of gravity

x =xyz

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Developing the equations of motion

• All equations of motion of dynamic systems can be derived using Newton’s Second Law.

• Two sets of equations are derived:– Sum of forces acting on the system (internal and external) are equal to its mass times its acceleration

– Sum of moments acting on the system (internal and external) are equal to its moment of inertia times its angular acceleration

• Therefore, the object of the derivation is to estimate the accelerations (linear and angular of the aircraft)

• As usual, the same equations of motion can be obtained using Lagrange’s equation (i.e. conservation of energy)

Local velocities (1)

• The local velocity vector u is given simply by

• Substituting for the vector definitions

• Where x denotes the vector (cross) product and

u = !x+w× x

u =!x!y!z

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Local velocities (2)

• The equations for the local velocities at point p(x,y,z) are

• Now assume that the body is rigid, i.e. no parts of it are moving with respect to the c.g

u = x − ry + qzv = y − pz + rxw = z − qx + py

Total local velocities

• This gives therefore

• The total local velocities u´́=u+U at p(x,y,z) are given by

u =w× x, or, u = −ry+ qzv = −pz+ rxw = −qx + py

x = y = z = 0

′ u = U + u = U − ry + qz′ v = V + v = V − pz + rx′ w = W + w = W − qx + py

(1)

Local accelerations (1)

• Similarly, the local accelerations at point p(x,y,z) are given by

• Substituting for the vector definitions

• where

a = !u+w×u

a =!u!v!w

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(2)

Local accelerations (2)

• Carrying out all the algebra leads to

• Remembering that this is only part of the acceleration of point p. The acceleration of the centre of gravity must be added.

ax = −x q2 + r2( )+ y pq− !r( )+ z pr + !q( )

ay = x pq+ !r( )− y p2 + r2( )+ z qr − !p( )

az = x pr − !q( )+ y qr + !p( )− z p2 + q2( )

Total local acceleration

• The total local acceleration at point p(x,y,z) is defined as

• So that, finally!a = !U+w×U+ a

!ax = !U − rV + qW − x q2 + r2( )+ y pq− !r( )+ z pr + !q( )

!ay = !V − pW + rU + x pq+ !r( )− y p2 + r2( )+ z qr − !p( )

!az = !W − qU + pV + x pr − !q( )+ y qr + !p( )− z p2 + q2( )(4)

(3)

Example

• A pilot in an aerobatic aircraft performs a loop in 20s at a steady velocity of 100m/s. His seat is located 5m ahead of, and 1m above, the c.g. What total normal load factor does he experience at the top and the bottom of the loop?

Solution

100m/s

100m/s

cg

cg

5m

1m

2R

Movement only in the plane of symmetry:

V = p = p = r = 0Normal acceleration:

′ a z = W − qU + xq − zq2

For a steady manoeuvre:

W = q = 0

Pitch rate:

q =2π20

= 0.314rad/s

Solution (2)

• Substituting into equation for normal acceleration at the seat:

• Normal load factor definition:

• Total normal load factor at top of loop:

• Total normal load factor at bottom of loop:

′ a z = −qU − zq2 = −0.314 ×100 − −1( ) × 0.3142 = −31.3m/s2

′ n =′ a z

g=31.39.81

= 3.19

n = ′ n −1= 2.19

n = ′ n +1= 4.19

Generalized Force Equations

• Assume that point p(x,y,z) has a small mass dm.

• Applying Newton’s 2nd law to the entire body yields

• where the subscript Vol denotes that the integral is taken over the entire volume

!a dmVol∫ = F (5)

Force equations (2)

• Remember from equation (3) that

• Substituting from equations (2) and (1)

• Putting this last result back into Newton’s 2nd Law, equation (5)

!a = !U+w×U+ a

!a = !U+w×U+ !w× x+w× w× x( )

!U+w×U+ !w× x+w× w× x( )( )dmVol∫ = F

(6)

Centre of gravity

• As far as the integral over the volume is concerned, w and U are constants

• The generalized force equation becomes

• The definition of the centre of gravity is

• The force equation becomes

!U dmVol∫ +w×U dm

Vol∫ + !w× xdm

Vol∫ +w× w× xdm

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xdmVol∫ = 0

m !U+w×U( ) = F (7)

Generalized Moment Equations

• The angular acceleration of point p(x,y,z)around the centre of gravity is given by

• Again, use Newton’s second law, this time in moment form, to obtain

• Substitute from equation (6)

x× "a

x× "a dmVol∫ =M (8)

x× !U+w×U+ !w× x+w× w× x( )( )dmVol∫ =M

Center of gravity

• Using the definition of the centre of gravity, the moment equation becomes

• Now remember the matrix form of the cross product

xVol∫ × !w× x( )dm+ x

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x×w =Xww× x =XTw

, where X =0 −z yz 0 −x−y x 0

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Moments of inertia

• The first term in the moment equation becomes

• where

• is the system’s inertia matrix

xVol∫ × !w× x( )dm = XXT !w

Vol∫ dm = XXT

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Moments of inertia (2)

• The individual moments and products of inertia are defined as

• So that the inertia matrix becomes

Ix = y2 + z2( )dmVol∫ , Iy = x2 + z2( )dm

Vol∫ , Iz = x2 + y2( )dm

Vol∫

Ixy = xydmVol∫ , Ixz = xzdm

Vol∫ , Iyz = yzdm

Vol∫

Ic =

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(8)

Moment equation

• Using the definition of the inertia matrix, the first term in the moment equation becomes simply

• Similarly, the second term is

• The full moment equation becomes

xVol∫ × !w× x( )dm = Ic !w

xVol∫ × w× w× x( )#$ %&dm =w× Icw( )

Ic !w+w× Icw( ) =M (9)

Complete equations of motion

• Assembling equations (7) and (9) we get the complete equations of motion

• This is a set of 6 equations of motion with 6 unknowns, U, V, W, p, q, r.

• They are nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations.

m !U+w×U( ) = FIc !w+w× Icw( ) =M

(10)

Scalar form• Substituting for the definitions of Ic, U, w, F and M we get a nicer form

m !U − rV + qW( ) = Xm !V − pW + rU( ) =Ym !W − qU + pV( ) = ZIx !p− Iy − Iz( )qr + Ixy pr − !q( )− Ixz pq+ !r( )+ Iyz r2 − q2( ) = LIy !q+ Ix − Iz( ) pr + Iyz pq− !r( )+ Ixz p2 − r2( )− Ixy qr + !p( ) =M

Iz !r − Ix − Iy( ) pq− Iyz pr + !q( )+ Ixz qr − !p( )+ Ixy q2 + p2( ) = N

(11)

Symmetric aircraft

• Consider an aircraft that is symmetric about the x-z plane.

• For ever point p(x,y,z) with mass dm, there is a point p(x, -y,z) with mass dm.

• It follows that

• Similarly,Ixy = xydm

Vol∫ = 0

Iyz = yzdmVol∫ = 0

p(x,y,z)p(x,-y,z)

x

y

z

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The elementary mass moment xydm around the CG is cancelled by the elementary mass moment x(-y)dm.

Asymmetric Aircraft

Blohm und Voss 141

Ruttan Bumerang

Blohm und Voss 237

Symmetric aircraft (2)

• For symmetric aircraft, the equations of motion become

m !U − rV + qW( ) = Xm !V − pW + rU( ) =Ym !W − qU + pV( ) = ZIx !p− Iy − Iz( )qr − Ixz pq+ !r( ) = L

Iy !q+ Ix − Iz( ) pr + Ixz p2 − r2( ) =MIz !r − Ix − Iy( ) pq+ Ixz qr − !p( ) = N

(12)

Discussion of the equations• If we can solve for U, V, W, p, q, r as functions of time, then we know the complete time history of the motion of the aircraft.

• Unfortunately, terms such as rU, pV, qW, etc and pq, r2, qr etc are nonlinear.

• Furthermore, we have only defined the inertial loads up to now.

• We have not said anything about the external loads acting on the aircraft.

External Forces and Moments

• There are five sources of external forces and moments:– Aerodynamic– Gravitational– Controls– Propulsion– Atmospheric Disturbances

External Forces and moments• The full equations of motion in the presence of external forces and moments are

m U − rV + qW( ) = Xa + Xg + Xc + X p + Xd

m V − pW + rU( ) = Ya + Yg + Yc + Yp + Yd

m W − qU + pV( ) = Za + Zg + Zc + Zp + Zd

Ix p − Iy − Iz( )qr − Ixz pq + r ( ) = La + Lg + Lc + Lp + Ld

Iyq + Ix − Iz( ) pr + Ixz p2 − r2( ) = Ma + Mg + Mc + M p + Md

Izr − Ix − Iy( ) pq + Ixz qr − p ( ) = Na + Ng + Nc + N p + Nd

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