Icing encounter flight simulator with an integrated smart icing system

Robert W. Deters, Glen A. Dimock, Michael S. Selig

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Abstract

The Icing Encounter Flight Simulator is one part of the Smart Icing System project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The goal of the Smart Icing System project is to develop technology necessary to improve the safety of aircraft flying in icing conditions. The icing simulator is used as a platform to integrate different components of the Smart Icing System and to test the effectiveness of the components. To create an Icing Encounter Flight Simulator, functionality and Smart Icing System components were added to the FlightGear flight simulator, an open source flight simulator available on the internet. A reconfigurable aircraft model, an autopilot, and an icing model were some of the functionality added to FlightGear. Smart Icing System components integrated into the simulator include the neural-network-based icing characterization, envelope protection system, ice protection system, and an Ice Management System enhanced glass cockpit. To ensure a real-time simulation, computationally extensive processes have been distributed over several computers linked together by a local network. A tailplane stall scenario and a roll upset scenario have been designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Smart Icing System components on a nonlinear aerodynamics model of a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft in clean and iced conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781563479458, 9781624101212
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
EventAIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit 2002 - Monterey, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 5 2002Aug 8 2002

Publication series

NameAIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit

Other

OtherAIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey, CA
Period8/5/028/8/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation

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