Available redundancy among aircraft control surfaces allows for effective wing camber modifications. As shown in the past, this fact can be used to improve aircraft performance. To date, however, algorithm developments for in-flight camber optimization have been limited. This paper presents a perturbational approach for cruise optimization through in-flight camber adaptation. The method uses, as a performance index, an indirect measurement of the instantaneous net thrust. As such, the actual performance improvement comes from the integrated effects of airframe and engine. The algorithm, whose design and robustness properties are discussed, is demonstrated on the NASA Dryden B-720 flight simulator.


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    Title :

    Adaptive Wing Camber Optimization: A Periodic Perturbation Approach


    Contributors:
    M. Espana (author) / G. Gilyard (author)

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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