The NATO STO Task Group AVT-201 on Extended Assessment of Stability and Control Prediction Methods for NATO Air Vehicles

Abstract

The ability to accurately predict both static and dynamic stability characteristics of air vehicles using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods could revolutionize the air vehicle design process, especially for military air vehicles. A validated CFD capability would significantly reduce the number of ground tests required to verify vehicle concepts and, in general, could eliminate costly vehicle 'repair' campaigns required to fix performance anomalies that were not adequately predicted prior to full-scale vehicle development. This paper outlines the extended integrated experimental and numerical approach to assess the of stability and control prediction method capabilities as well as the design and estimation the control device effectiveness for highly swept low observable UCAV configurations. The aim of the AVT -201 Task Group is to provide an assessment of the CFD capabilities using model scale experiments and transferring this knowledge to real scale applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 2014
Accession Number
AD1013403

Entities

People

  • Andreas Schutte
  • Russell M. Cummings

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Databases
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wind Tunnel Models
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design