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article · Journal of Aircraft · 2012

Model-Based Flight Testing

Celso Braga de Mendonça, Edmar Thomaz da Silva, Marcelo Curvo, Luís Gonzaga Trabasso

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Abstract

The civil aircraft development cycle structure has been changing dramatically. The time from a go-ahead to a first delivery has been shortened, which puts a considerable amount of pressure on specification, design, manufacture, and testing efforts. The guarantee of a safe flight and the increasing complexity of the new generation of aircraft are forcing the industry to develop innovative techniques for new programs. Simulation has been proven to be a valuable tool that can be used. Nevertheless, the potential of simulation has not fully been explored in some phases of the aircraft development process. In flight test campaigns, it is already common to use simulation to predict an aircraft’s behavior prior to the flight or even to structure a flight test proposal. An iterative approach considering flight testing, model updates, campaign reevaluation would be efficient and safe. This manuscript discusses the matter and proposes a process that would enhance flight test campaign efficiency with interactive use of intensive simulation. The manuscript also highlights relevant aspects of the implementation of this process. Preliminary results obtained from a regional jet climb flight test campaign show that it is possible to compress the initial test matrix when an adequate model is used in conjunction with flight data.

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APA 7

de Mendonça, C. B., da Silva, E. T., Curvo, M., & Trabasso, L. G. (2012). Model-Based Flight Testing. Journal of Aircraft, 50(1), 176–186. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c031778

MLA 9

de Mendonça, Celso Braga, et al. “Model-Based Flight Testing.” Journal of Aircraft, vol. 50, no. 1, 2012, pp. 176–86, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c031778.

Chicago

de Mendonça, Celso Braga, Edmar Thomaz da Silva, Marcelo Curvo, and Luís Gonzaga Trabasso. 2012. “Model-Based Flight Testing.” Journal of Aircraft 50 (1): 176–86. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c031778.

Harvard

de Mendonça, C.B. et al. (2012) ‘Model-Based Flight Testing’, Journal of Aircraft, 50(1), pp. 176–186. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.c031778.

BibTeX
@article{demendonca2012model,
  title = {{Model-Based Flight Testing}},
  author = {de Mendonça, Celso Braga and da Silva, Edmar Thomaz and Curvo, Marcelo and Trabasso, Luís Gonzaga},
  journal = {Journal of Aircraft},
  volume = {50},
  number = {1},
  pages = {176--186},
  year = {2012},
  doi = {10.2514/1.c031778}
}

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