Interface of Fighter Throttle/Energy Management Functions with Dais.

Abstract

A throttle/energy management (T/EM) concept for fuel, range, time optimization was extended by application to the Air Force Digital Avionics Information System (DAIS). The current state-of-technology of automatic throttles was reviewed, considering features applicable to a T/EM system. The functional requirements of a T/EM system for fighter aircraft were defined, based on analysis of the aircraft characteristics and flight control system of the Advanced Development Program 680J configured F-4. Computational algorithms and control laws were developed by digital simulation. The T/EM system uses stored data for a limited set of optimal acceleration, dash and descent segments, from which the control commands and performance for a specific mission would be calculated.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015804

Entities

People

  • G. G. Grose
  • R. D. Turner
  • R. G. Marsh

Organizations

  • McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Automatic
  • Avionics
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Management
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Information Systems
  • Mathematics
  • Optimization
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Control Systems Engineering.