This book provides a comprehensive overview of both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of aircraft modeling based on experimental data - also known as aircraft system identification. Much of the material presented comes from the authors' own extensive research and teaching activities at the NASA Langley Research Center and is based on real world applications of system identification to aircraft. The book uses actual flight test and wind tunnel data for case studies and examples, and should be a valuable resource for researchers and practicing engineers, as well as a textbook for postgraduate and senior-level courses. All aspects of the system identification problem - including their interdependency - are covered: model postulation, experiment design, instrumentation, data compatibility analysis, model structure determination, state and parameter estimation, and model validation. The methods discussed are used routinely for risk reduction during flight envelope expansion of new aircraft or modified configurations, comparison with wind tunnel test results and analytic methods such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), control law design and refinement, dynamic analysis, simulation, flying qualities assessments, accident investigations, and other tasks. The book includes SIDPAC (System IDentification Programs for AirCraft), a software toolbox written in MATLAB[registered], that implements many methods discussed in the text and can be applied to modeling problems of interest to the reader.
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Dr. Vladislav Klein is Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the George Washington University, in Washington, DC. He received his Ph.D. from Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK, in 1974. He worked at the Aeronautical Research and Test Institute in Prague, The Czech Republic, from 1954 to 1970, then as a Senior Research Officer at Cranfield University in Cranfield, UK, from 1970 to 1975. He joined The George Washington University in 1975 as a faculty member at the Joint Institute for the Advancement of Flight Sciences (JIAFS) at NASA Langley Research Center. In addition to his teaching activities, he has been the principal investigator on research programs which included the improvement of existing methods and development of new methods for flight test data analysis. Some of these techniques are being used by various research establishments and aerospace companies in the United States and abroad. For his contributions to aircraft system identification research, he was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement in 1992.
Dr. Eugene A. Morelli has been a research engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, since 1990. His research interests include flight dynamics, aircraft accident investigation, and all aspects of aircraft system identification. Dr. Morelli has written more than 50 technical papers and reports on these topics, and is the author of SIDPAC (System IDentification Programs for AirCraft). He has designed experiments and developed models for many different aircraft, including the X-29, X-31, F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV), DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, F-15 ACTIVE, Tu 144LL supersonic transport, North American Navion, and the X-43A (Hyper X), as well as many subscale models. Dr. Morelli is an associate fellow of the AIAA, and has given lectures, graduate courses, and short courses on flight dynamics and aircraft system identification.
Dr. Eugene A. Morelli has been a research engineer at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, since 1990. His research interests include flight dynamics, aircraft accident investigation, and all aspects of aircraft system identification. Dr. Morelli has written more than 50 technical papers and reports on these topics, and is the author of SIDPAC (System IDentification Programs for AirCraft). He has designed experiments and developed models for many different aircraft, including the X-29, X-31, F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV), DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, F-15 ACTIVE, Tu 144LL supersonic transport, North American Navion, and the X-43A (Hyper X), as well as many subscale models. Dr. Morelli is an associate fellow of the AIAA, and has given lectures, graduate courses, and short courses on flight dynamics and aircraft system identification.
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