A novel method for estimating the space range of battery-powered vertical take-off and landing(VTOL) aircraft is presented. The method is based on flight parameter optimization and numerical iteration. Subsystem model...A novel method for estimating the space range of battery-powered vertical take-off and landing(VTOL) aircraft is presented. The method is based on flight parameter optimization and numerical iteration. Subsystem models including required thrust, required power and battery discharge models are presented. The problem to be optimized is formulated, and then case study simulation is conducted using the established method for quantitative analysis. Simulation results show that the space range of battery-powered VTOL aircraft in a vertical plane is an oblate curve, which appears horizontally long but vertically short, and the peak point is not located on the vertical climb path. The method and results are confirmed by parameter analysis and validations.展开更多
There remains a need to develop improved VTOL techniques that are cost-effective and with minimum compromise on cruising flight performance for fixed-wing aircraft. This work proposes an elegant VTOL control method kn...There remains a need to develop improved VTOL techniques that are cost-effective and with minimum compromise on cruising flight performance for fixed-wing aircraft. This work proposes an elegant VTOL control method known as PTVC-M (pitch-axis thrust vector control with moment arms) for tailsitters. The hallmark of the approach is the complete elimination of control surfaces such as elevators and rudder. Computer simulations with a 1580 mm wing span airplane reveal that the proposed technique results in authoritative control and unique maneuverability such as inverted vertical hover and stall-spin with positive climb rate. Zero-surface requirement of the PTVC-M virtually eliminates performance tradeoffs between VTOL and high-speed flight. In this proof-of-concept study, the VTOL-capable aircraft achieves a VH of 360 km·h<sup>-1</sup> at near sea-level. The proposed technique will benefit a broad range of applications including high-performance spinsonde that can directly measure 10-m surface wind, tropical cyclone research, and possibly serving as the cornerstone for the next-generation sport aerobatics.展开更多
To deal with the high nonlinearities and strong couplings in the transition stage of tailsitter aircraft,an adaptive gainscheduling controller is proposed by combining the guardian maps theory and H∞control theory.Th...To deal with the high nonlinearities and strong couplings in the transition stage of tailsitter aircraft,an adaptive gainscheduling controller is proposed by combining the guardian maps theory and H∞control theory.This method is applied to track the flightpath angle of the transition stage of tailsitter aircraft,and compared with the linear quadratic regulator(LQR)method based on traditional gain scheduling.Simulation results show that the controller based on the guardian maps theory can autonomously schedule the appropriate control parameters and accomplish the stable transition.Besides,the proposed method shows better tracking performance than the LQR method based on traditional gain scheduling.展开更多
文摘A novel method for estimating the space range of battery-powered vertical take-off and landing(VTOL) aircraft is presented. The method is based on flight parameter optimization and numerical iteration. Subsystem models including required thrust, required power and battery discharge models are presented. The problem to be optimized is formulated, and then case study simulation is conducted using the established method for quantitative analysis. Simulation results show that the space range of battery-powered VTOL aircraft in a vertical plane is an oblate curve, which appears horizontally long but vertically short, and the peak point is not located on the vertical climb path. The method and results are confirmed by parameter analysis and validations.
文摘There remains a need to develop improved VTOL techniques that are cost-effective and with minimum compromise on cruising flight performance for fixed-wing aircraft. This work proposes an elegant VTOL control method known as PTVC-M (pitch-axis thrust vector control with moment arms) for tailsitters. The hallmark of the approach is the complete elimination of control surfaces such as elevators and rudder. Computer simulations with a 1580 mm wing span airplane reveal that the proposed technique results in authoritative control and unique maneuverability such as inverted vertical hover and stall-spin with positive climb rate. Zero-surface requirement of the PTVC-M virtually eliminates performance tradeoffs between VTOL and high-speed flight. In this proof-of-concept study, the VTOL-capable aircraft achieves a VH of 360 km·h<sup>-1</sup> at near sea-level. The proposed technique will benefit a broad range of applications including high-performance spinsonde that can directly measure 10-m surface wind, tropical cyclone research, and possibly serving as the cornerstone for the next-generation sport aerobatics.
基金This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.NJ2018015)。
文摘To deal with the high nonlinearities and strong couplings in the transition stage of tailsitter aircraft,an adaptive gainscheduling controller is proposed by combining the guardian maps theory and H∞control theory.This method is applied to track the flightpath angle of the transition stage of tailsitter aircraft,and compared with the linear quadratic regulator(LQR)method based on traditional gain scheduling.Simulation results show that the controller based on the guardian maps theory can autonomously schedule the appropriate control parameters and accomplish the stable transition.Besides,the proposed method shows better tracking performance than the LQR method based on traditional gain scheduling.
