A Review of Wind Tunnel Based Virtual Flight Testing Techniques for Evaluation of Flight Control Systems

Joint Authors

Huang, Min
Wang, Zhong-wei

Source

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-22, 22 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-12-08

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

22

Abstract EN

Wind tunnel based Virtual Flight Testing (VFT) is a dynamic wind tunnel test for evaluating flight control systems (FCS) proposed in recent decades.

It integrates aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and FCS as a whole and is a more realistic and reliable method for FCS evaluation than traditional ground evaluation methods, such as Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HILS).

With FCS evaluated by VFT before flight test, the risk of flight test will be further reduced.

In this paper, the background, progress, and prospects of VFT are systematically summarized.

Specifically, the differences among VFT, traditional dynamic wind tunnel methods, and traditional FCS evaluation methods are introduced in order to address the advantages of evaluating FCS with VFT.

Secondly, the progress of VFT is reviewed in detail.

Then, the test system and key technologies of VFT for FCS evaluation are analyzed.

Lastly, the prospects of VFT for evaluating FCS are described.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Huang, Min& Wang, Zhong-wei. 2015. A Review of Wind Tunnel Based Virtual Flight Testing Techniques for Evaluation of Flight Control Systems. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064532

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Huang, Min& Wang, Zhong-wei. A Review of Wind Tunnel Based Virtual Flight Testing Techniques for Evaluation of Flight Control Systems. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064532

American Medical Association (AMA)

Huang, Min& Wang, Zhong-wei. A Review of Wind Tunnel Based Virtual Flight Testing Techniques for Evaluation of Flight Control Systems. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064532

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1064532