TY - GEN
T1 - Flight envelope protection for NASA's transport class Model
AU - Tekles, Nikolas
AU - Xargay, Enric
AU - Choe, Ronald
AU - Hovakimyan, Naira
AU - Gregory, Irene M.
AU - Holzapfel, Florian
N1 - Funding Information:
∗Research is supported by NASA. †Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering; [email protected]. ‡Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Member AIAA; [email protected]. §Doctoral Student, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Student Member AIAA; [email protected]. ¶Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Associate Fellow AIAA; [email protected]. ‖Senior Aerospace Research Engineer, Dynamic Systems and Controls Branch, MS 308, AIAA Senior Member; [email protected]. ∗∗Professor, Institute for Flight System Dynamics, AIAA Senior Member; [email protected].
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Motivated by the problem of loss-of-control prevention, this paper presents a dynamic flight envelope protection system for NASA's Transport Class Model. The developed protection scheme is based on a command-limiting approach that accounts for aircraft adverse aerodynamics, unusual attitude, and structural integrity, and is implemented around a standard gain-scheduled flight control law. The scheme also includes an energy protection scheme, which relies on an automatic throttle control system that implements a total energy control law. Preliminary batch and pilot-in-the-loop simulations demonstrate the efficacy of the protection system in maintaining the aircraft within desired safe conditions, without limiting the ability of the pilot to perform aggressive, evasive maneuvers.
AB - Motivated by the problem of loss-of-control prevention, this paper presents a dynamic flight envelope protection system for NASA's Transport Class Model. The developed protection scheme is based on a command-limiting approach that accounts for aircraft adverse aerodynamics, unusual attitude, and structural integrity, and is implemented around a standard gain-scheduled flight control law. The scheme also includes an energy protection scheme, which relies on an automatic throttle control system that implements a total energy control law. Preliminary batch and pilot-in-the-loop simulations demonstrate the efficacy of the protection system in maintaining the aircraft within desired safe conditions, without limiting the ability of the pilot to perform aggressive, evasive maneuvers.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2014-0269
DO - 10.2514/6.2014-0269
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894464171
SN - 9781600869624
T3 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
BT - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
T2 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2014 - SciTech Forum and Exposition 2014
Y2 - 13 January 2014 through 17 January 2014
ER -