Advances in Aircraft System Identification at NASA Langley Research Center
Eugene A. Morelli, Jared A. Grauer
Abstract
Advances in aircraft system identification at NASA Langley Research Center are discussed. The relevant time period includes the years since the last summary paper of this kind, which was published in the Journal of Aircraft in 2005. Research advances were achieved in flight test experiment design, frequency-domain modeling, real-time autonomous global modeling, rapid simulation development and updating, dynamic modeling in turbulence, flight data corrections, model uncertainty characterization, and aeroelastic modeling using distributed sensing. Possible future developments in the field are identified.
Topics & Concepts
Aerospace engineeringFlight testAeronauticsResearch centerIdentification (biology)System identificationFlight dynamicsAeroelasticityFlight simulatorEngineeringAircraft flight mechanicsAileronAerodynamicsSystems engineeringComputer scienceData modelingSoftware engineeringBiologyBotanyPathologyMedicineAerospace and Aviation TechnologyControl Systems and IdentificationStatistical and numerical algorithms