Research and Simulation of an Aircraft Behavior during U-Turn Maneuver

Abstract:

U-turn maneuver belongs to the special ground taxiing behavior, which are not accurately demonstrated in current visual simulation system. This paper presents a method to address computational problems of the position and attitude during the special ground maneuvers. From the perspective of simulation of airport tower control, aircraft movement calculation method constrained by nonholonomic kinematics are proposed to describe accurately the U-turn maneuvers. According to actual movement and nonholonomic path following model, an algorithm suitable for simulation-driven calculation is designed. In addition, under the open-loop control, aircrafts U-turn maneuver algorithm constrained by runway geometry and steering angle variation is designed to describe completely the behavior. Compared with dynamics model, this method we proposed have advantages that are easier to be calculated and more suitable for visual simulation. Above all, It is proved that the method is valid through simulation with aircraft geometry data.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 411-414)
• Pages: 1742-1749
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.411-414.1742
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jie Ning Wang, Jiang Qu, Yuan Di Zhao, Mei Dong
• Keywords: Nonholonomic Constraints, Runway Geometry Constrain, U-Turn Maneuver, Visual Simulation

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