Aircraft-Type-Specific Impact of Speed Brakes on Lift and Drag

Rosenow, Judith and Sachwitz, Thomas and Kamo, Shumpei and Chen, Gong and Fricke, Hartmut (2022) Aircraft-Type-Specific Impact of Speed Brakes on Lift and Drag. Aerospace, 9 (5). p. 263. ISSN 2226-4310

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Abstract

The increasing influence of current research in air traffic management on daily flight operations leads to a stronger consideration of individually optimized aircraft trajectories. However, in the dichotomy between ecological, economic, and safety-based optimization goals, four-dimensionally optimized trajectories are subject to severe constraints in terms of position and speed. To fully assess the performance envelope of these trajectories, precise modelling of the influence of secondary control surfaces on flight performance is necessary. In particular, the use of speed brakes can significantly influence the descent and speed profile and allows the implementation of different cost indices. In this study, we present a modelling approach of the influence of extended speed brakes on flight performance and apply this method in a simulation environment for trajectory modelling of twelve different aircraft types. In doing so, we can determine an almost linear influence of the additional fuel requirement from the effective area of the speed brakes. The results can be implemented in any flight performance model and enable more precise modelling of future aircraft trajectories. Specifically, optimization targets regarding the required time of arrival, or the cost index and the consideration of the dynamic impact of atmospheric conditions in the trajectory optimization, only becomes possible through the calculation of the influence of the speed brake on lift and drag.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Library Keep > Engineering
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Date Deposited: 05 Apr 2023 07:40
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2024 04:35
URI: http://archive.jibiology.com/id/eprint/450

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