In this paper,a novel version of six-degree-of-freedom nonlinear model for transport aircraft motion in cargo extraction is developed and validated by the theoretical mechanics and flight mechanics.In this model constraint force and moment reflecting the flight dynamic effects of inner moving cargo are formulated.A methodology for a control law design in this phase is presented,which linearizes the aircraft dynamics making use of piecewise linearization and utilizes robust control technique for interval system to achieve specified handling qualities with robustness to uncertainties.The simulations demonstrate adequate effectiveness and excellent robustness of the proposed controller.
Recently, frequency-based least-squares （LS） estimators have found wide application in identifying aircraft flutter parameters. However, the frequency methods are often known to suffer from numerical difficulties when identifying a continuous-time model, especially, of broader frequency or higher order. In this article, a numerically robust LS estimator based on vector orthogonal polynomial is proposed to solve the numerical problem of multivariable systems and applied to the flutter testing. The key idea of this method is to represent the frequency response function （FRF） matrix by a right matrix fraction description （RMFD） model, and expand the numerator and denominator polynomial matrices on a vector orthogonal basis. As a result, a perfect numerical condition （numerical condition equals 1） can be obtained for linear LS estimator. Finally, this method is verified by flutter test of a wing model in a wind tunnel and real flight flutter test of an aircraft. The results are compared to those with notably LMS PolyMAX, which is not troubled by the numerical problem as it is established in z domain （e.g. derived from a discrete-time model）. The verification has evidenced that this method, apart from overcoming the numerical problem, yields the results comparable to those acquired with LMS PolyMAX, or even considerably better at some frequency bands.
Cargo airdrop has long been one of the most important measures to deal with urgent immediate needs, such as providing as- sists in military operations and sending relief to disaster areas, just to name a few. Because it is carried out during flight, it is necessary to investigate the influences of the drop process on flight characteristics to ensure successful execution of the task. This article mainly studies the modeling of flight systems in large flying transport planes with cargo moving in it. By buildi...
