Category: Seminars and Conferences
State: Archived
Jun 14 - 21
Course of excellence "Flight Dynamics and Control of Vertical Lift Vehicles” by Prof. Umberto Saetti - University of Maryland (US).
Sala Ferrari @DIMEAS 2nd floor
Wednesday, Jun 14
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Course Introduction and Review of Fundamentals in Vertical Flight Aerodynamics
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Modeling of the of Rotorcraft Flight Dynamics
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Trim, Linearization, and Model-Order Reduction
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Dynamic Modes of Motion in Hover and Forward Flight
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Dynamic Analysis of a Simple Helicopter Model
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Intro to Rotorcraft Flight Control Design
Monday, Jun 19
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Modern Flight Control Design I: Explicit Model Following
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Implementation of Explicit Model Following Flight Control Law
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Modern Flight Control Design II: Dynamic Inversion
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Implementation of Dynamic Inversion Flight Control Law
Wednesday, Jun 21
- 10:00 to 11:30 - Stability, Handling Quality, and Performance Specifications
- 16:00 to 17:30 - Model Stitching/Tiltrotor Modeling and Simulation
Syllabus: The course consists in 12 1.5h sessions (12 lectures/labs). To provide students with real-life problem experience, one minimum-fidelity and one higher-fidelity flight simulation models of rotorcraft will be provided in MATLAB and/or Julia.
Assessment: Report.
References:
- Padfield, G. D., “Helicopter Flight Dynamics: Including a Treatment of Tiltrotor Aircraft,” Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2018, ISBN: 978-1-119-40105-6.
- Tischler, M. B. et al., “Practical Methods for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Flight Control Design: An Optimization-Based Approach,”, AIAA Education Series, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/4.104435.
- Stevens, B. L., Lewis, F. L., and Johnson E. N., “Aircraft Control and Simulation: Dynamics, Controls, Design, and Autonomous Systems,” Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-118-87098-3.
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