Test Techniques for Flight Control Systems of Large Transport Aircraft
- 1st Edition - February 16, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Yakui Gao, Gang An, Chaoyou Zhi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 9 9 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 9 9 1 - 0
Test Techniques for Flight Control Systems of Large Transport Aircraft offers theory and practice of flight control system tests. It is a systematic and practical guide, provid… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTest Techniques for Flight Control Systems of Large Transport Aircraft offers theory and practice of flight control system tests. It is a systematic and practical guide, providing insights to engineers in flight control, particularly those working on system integration and test validation. Ten chapters cover an introduction to flight control system tests, equipment tests and validation, software tests and validation, flight control law and flying qualities evaluation, tests of flight control subsystems, integration and validation based on the iron bird, ground-based test, flight-tests, airworthiness tests and validation, and finally, the current status and prospects for flight control tests and evaluation.
- Presents flight control system integration tests and validation for large transport aircraft
- Includes the most advanced methods and technologies available
- Details the latest research and its applications
- Offers theoretical and practical guidance that engineers can use
- Considers the state-of-the-art and looks to the future of flight control system tests
KEYWORDS: Avionics, aeronautics, astronautics, flight control, flight engineering, transport aircraft, fixed-wing, aircraft design, system tests, control, evaluation, COMAC, China Air Transport, equipment test, flight control law, airworthiness, flight control subsystems, aircraft communications, aircraft navigation, modular avionics, distributed systems, safety-critical systems, disaster planning
Chapter 1: IntroductionGeneralsThe current status and evolution direction for flight control system's testThe character and evaluation management for flight control system testThe requirement definition for flight control system testThe engineering practice for flight control system testThe flight control system test and validation of large transport aircraft
Chapter 2: Equipment test and validation for flight control systemGeneralsThe performance and function testIntension and rigidity testThe Power character testInsulated electricity character testMechanism condition character testEnvironment testElectromagnetism protection testReliability testDurability testTestability validationTest articles selection and sequence for airborne equipment validationOrganizing and implementation for airborne equipment validation
Chapter 3: Software test and validation for flight control systemGeneralsSoftware testingModel-based design and testFull life sustain environment for softwareTesting method for software's security and reliability
Chapter 4: Flight control law and flying qualities evaluating GeneralsPhase division and test objectiveDesign requirement of engineering simulatorThe test content and methodThe test data collection, processing and evaluating methodThe management for flight control law and flight quality evaluating test
Chapter 5: Tests of flight control subsystemGeneralsThe cockpit control subsystem integration testThe flight by wire subsystem integration testThe high lift control subsystem integration testThe automatic flight control subsystem integration testThe mechanic backup control subsystem integration test
Chapter 6: Integration and validation based on the ‘iron bird’GeneralsThe testing environment and sustain facilitiesDebugging and preparing for flight control system's integration test based on the ‘iron bird’Cockpit control device integration test based on the ‘iron bird’Mechanic backup control subsystem integration test based on the ‘iron bird’Flight by wire subsystem integration test based on the ‘iron bird’High lift control subsystem integration test based on the ‘iron bird’Automatic flight control subsystem integration test based on the ‘iron bird’Flight control system integration test and validation based on the ‘iron bird’Pilot-in-loop test based on the ‘iron bird’Evaluating method for flight control system integration test based on the ‘iron bird’The management for flight control system integration test based on the ‘iron bird’
Chapter 7: Onboard-ground aircraft test of flight control systemGeneralsThe flight control system integration test on airplaneThe structure model interaction testThe electromagnetism compatibility test on airplane
Chapter 8: Flight-test of flight control systemGeneralsThe requirement of flight control system flight-testsA general outline for flight control system flight-testThe test system for flight control system flight-testThe test data collection、processing and evaluating method for flight control system flight-testThe management for flight control system flight-test
Chapter 9: Airworthiness test and validation for flight control systemGeneralsThe certification requirement for airworthiness validationThe technology requirement for airworthing validation
Chapter 10: Current status and prospects for flight control system test and validationThe flight control system of active control aircraft and control configure vehicleThe flight control system of the aircraft with generalized control surfaceThe application of modern control theory and non-linearity control theoryThe framework of aircraft integration control systemThe framework of the flight control system based on distributed networkFlight by light control system and Flight by Wi-Fi control systemThe flight control system of more electric/all-electric aircraftThe application of the simulation equipmentFrom single system to fusion systemInformation fusion and rapid process has been essential test conditions of modern flight control systemSynchronizing the design process and test process
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 16, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 720
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128229903
- eBook ISBN: 9780128229910
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Yakui Gao
Yakui Gao is professor at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) First Aircraft Institute (FAI) in China. He is a special technical expert, and deputy chief designer. He is a member of the National Defence and Aviation Key Laboratory committee for integrated design of flight control systems and special sensing technology for condition monitoring, a distinguished research fellow at Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a PhD supervisor at Northwestern Polytechnic University in China. He has published over 60 papers and books, and has accumulated more than 30 years of research experience in flight control systems and system simulation.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior technical expert of AVIC, and Director of the Writing Committee of Aircraft Design and Research Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, China.GA
Gang An
Professor An Gang has a long career in the technical research of flight control system design, simulation system design and system integration. His main research direction is flight control system design, simulation system design, system integration and test verification, etc. He has been awarded several prizes and honors, including 1 Second Prize, 1 Third Prize of Commission on Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND); 3 Second Prizes, 2 Third Prizes of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd (AVIC); Second and Third Honors during the 10th Five-Year plan aviation science and technology research; Youth Science and Technology Prize in 1st Shaanxi Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics (SSAA); Outstanding Individual First Prize of detailed design drawings release and C-type article test, First Honor of prototype first flight in AVIC’s National Major Special Projects. He has participated in the compilation of the book One Hundred Academicians One Hundred Books Series - Aerospace Science and Materials Science, and has published more than 10 scientific and technological papers
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Director of the Writing Committee of Aircraft Design and Research Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, China.CZ
Chaoyou Zhi
Professor Zhi Chaoyou has been engaged in the research of flight control system test and test technology for a long time. His main research direction is large and complex system test and test technology. He is the standing director of China Association of Computer Automated Measurement and Control Technology (CACAMAC), and the editorial board member of the journal Computer Measurement and Control. He has won 5 national invention patents, 2 Second Prizes and 3 Third Prizes of provincial Science and Technology Progress (STP). He is the author of the book Airborne Data Bus Technology and Its Application, and has published more than 100 scientific and technological papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Director of the Writing Committee of Aircraft Design and Research Institute of Aviation Industry Corporation of China, China.Read Test Techniques for Flight Control Systems of Large Transport Aircraft on ScienceDirect