Fluid Mechanics and Flight Mechanics

Modeling and evaluation of carrier aircraft pilots based on similar configuration decisions

  • Xiaoyu LIU ,
  • Liguo SUN ,
  • Wenqian TAN ,
  • Jinpeng WEI ,
  • Weijun WANG ,
  • Junkai JIAO
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  • 1.School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering,Beihang University,Beijing  100191,China
    2.Jiangxi Research Institute of Beihang University,Nanchang  330096,China
    3.Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute,China Aviation Industry Corporation,Shenyang  110035,China

Received date: 2021-09-06

  Revised date: 2021-10-06

  Accepted date: 2021-10-25

  Online published: 2021-11-10

Supported by

Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(20185702003)

Abstract

Complicated sea conditions such as carrier motion and air wake are the core factors that affect the difficulty and accuracy of carrier-based aircraft landing. Establishing a pilot landing control behavior model and constructing a pilot-aircraft closed-loop system are to evaluate the load of the pilot in handling complex sea conditions. Furthermore, there exist usually several different configurations for the new generation carrier aircraft. Even for the same aircraft, it may be of different mass property or aerodynamic configuration when it is prepared to land. Therefore, it is essential to consider the configuration variation of the aircraft in building pilot behavior models. In this paper, to evaluate the load of controlling the carrier-based aircraft, a Hess structure pilot model for longitudinal pitch tracking is established based on the flight experiment method and the frequency domain calculation method. Then, considering the variations of aircraft landing configurations, a configuration library for the typical and control-augmented carrier aircraft is developed based on the Control Anticipation Parameter (CAP) criteria, and pilot-in-the-loop simulation experiments are used to establish a pilot model matching each aircraft type to establish a pilot member model library. On this basis, similar configuration decision-making criteria and method are given, and the pilot behavior model prediction method for the designated aircraft type in the application is proposed. Simulation analysis is carried out on the landing mission of a carrier-based aircraft in complex sea conditions. The results show that the method proposed in this paper can facilitate the study on the influence of the load of pilots in handling different types of ship-borne mechanisms.

Cite this article

Xiaoyu LIU , Liguo SUN , Wenqian TAN , Jinpeng WEI , Weijun WANG , Junkai JIAO . Modeling and evaluation of carrier aircraft pilots based on similar configuration decisions[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2023 , 44(4) : 126329 -126329 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2021.26329

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