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1 Challenge the future
Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
Lecture slides
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15-12-2012
Challenge the future
Delft University of Technology
Introduction Aerospace Engineering
Flight Mechanics
Dr. ir. Mark Voskuijl
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7&8. Flight envelope
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Summary - Jet Force
Drag
Airspeed
Max thrust
1. Max. Endurance 2. Maximum climb
3. Minimum descent (CL / CD)max
Max. Range (CL/CD
2)max
Max. Speed (depends on Tmax)
Min. speed CL,max
Min. rate of descent (T =0) (CL
3 /CD2)max
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Summary – Propeller Aircraft
Power
Power required
Airspeed
Power available
1. Max. Endurance 2. Max. Rate of climb 3. Minimum rate of descent (T= 0) (CL
3 / CD2 )max
1. Max. Range 2. Smallest glide angle (CL/CD)max
Max. Speed (depends on Pamax)
Min. speed CL,max
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Introduction
• So far we considered the aircraft performance at one given
altitude
• How is aircraft performance influenced by altitude effects?
Lockheed U-2: High altitude jet aircraft for weather and radiation research and also reconnaissance missions
Question: How high can this aircraft fly?
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What do you need to learn
The lecture sheets are most important!!!
Background material:
Anderson, Introduction to flight, Par. 6.7, 6.10
Not everything is treated in the book!!!
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Altitude effects on aerodynamic drag
• Drag (one particular ):
1 2
D DH H
L L
C CD W D W
C C
Consider a constant angle of attack
1
1
2
2
2 1
2 1
H
H L
H
H L
WV
S C
WV
S C
1 1 1 1 2 2
2 1
2 1 12 2 2
, ,
, ,
,,
r H H H H r H H
r H r H
H r H Hr H H H
P D V P VP P
P VP D V
One point on the drag curve corresponds to a particular
D
Pr
V
V
• Airspeed (one particular ):
• Power required (one particular )
One point on the power curve corresponds to a particular
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Altitude effects on aerodynamic drag
For increasing altitude:
• Drag curve shifts to the right
• Power curve shifts up and to the
right
Overview
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Altitude effects on engine thrust
Two effects:
• Air density decreases
• Temperature decreases (up to
tropopause)
1. Performance is limited by
maximum turbine temperature.
Lower air temperature allows
more heat added to the gas
2. Decrease in density reduces
mass flow and thus engine thrust
Jet aircraft
0.75
0 0
( ) constant
(in troposphere)
T V
T
T
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Altitude effects on power available
• Turboprop airplanes show similar behaviour as turbojet airplanes
• For supercharged piston engines, power available is fairly constant up
to the critical altitude
Propeller aircraft
0.75
,0 0
( ) constant
(in troposphere)
a
a
a
P V
P
P
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Performance diagram How does it change with altitude?
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Minimum airspeed
• Aerodynamic limit (stall)
• Power limit
• Minimum airspeed increases
with altitude!
P
V
Pa, h1
Pr,h2
Pa, h2
Pr, h1
Vmin,h1 Vmin,h2
How does it change with altitude?
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Minimum airspeed As function of altitude
H
Vmin
Stall limit
Power limit
Up to a certain altitude, the minimum airspeed is determined by the stall. At higher altitudes it depends on the engine power
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Maximum airspeed
• Power available shifts down
• Power required shifts up
and to the right
• Depending on the engine
characteristics and altitude,
Vmax will increase or
decrease
P
V
Pa, h1
Pr,h2
Pa, h2
Pr, h1
Vmax,h1
How does it change with altitude?
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Maximum rate of climb
• RCmax decreases with altitude
How does it change with altitude?
P
V
Pa, h1
Pr,h2
a rP P
RCW
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Maximum altitude
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Maximum altitude
Practically it is impossible to reach the theoretical (absolute) ceiling in steady flight
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Story U2
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Performance limits combined
At the theoretical ceiling: Vmin = Vmax = VRCmax = Vmax
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Ved (design diving speed)
• Positive and negative gusts of 25
ft/s must be considered at the
design diving speed
tanU U
V V
Structural aircraft limit
L LL
dC dC UC
d d V
212
LdC UV S
L d Vn nW W
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Ved (design diving speed) Structural aircraft limit
• The aircraft is designed to withstand a certain load factor n
• The design diving speed increases with increasing altitude
212
LdC UV S
d VnW
constant
Vd VMO
Safety margin
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Maximum Mach number
Bell X-1 First supersonic flight Chuck Yeager, 1947 Four rocket engines Thin wings, small aspect ratio M = 0.88 – 0.90: Buffet / Tuck under M = 0.94 Total loss of elevator effectiveness M = 0.98 Normal behavior
Bell X-1
De Havilland Swallow
Sound Barrier
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Maximum Mach number
• Undesirable flying qualities
associated with buffeting effects
0
Troposphere (<11km):
288.15 0.0065
Stratosphere (>11km)
constant
V M a M RT
T T H H
T
H
V
Mmax MMO
Safety margin
Operational limit
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Cabin pressure
• Pressurized cabin
• Maximum pressure differential on
fuselage structure (structural limit)
• Maximum flight altitude
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Flight envelope
• Note that these limits are
fixed
• Performance limits can
exceed or lie within these
boundaries
• The performance limits
depend on the aircraft
weight as well
Altitude and airspeed to which aircraft is constrained
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TWA Flight 841
• 1979 New York – Minneapolis
• High altitude holding (39,000 ft)
• Failure with slat nr. 7
• 34,000 ft dive in 64 seconds
• Landing gears deployed
• 6 ‘g’ pullup
• Safe landing
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Problem!
How does the pilot know where the stall limit is???
The airspeed indicator solves this problem!
Stall limit is variable with altitude
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Airspeed indication Basic six
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Pneumatic instruments
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Pitot tube / static port
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Airspeed indication
Displacement is measure of pressure difference pt – p = ½ V2 (M<<1)
1 equation 2 unknowns
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Airspeed indication
2 21 102 2
0
e
def
e
V V
V V
Solution: So, the airspeed indicator does not show the true airspeed!
Note, compressibility effects are neglected for now. This will be explained later. (The basic principle is the same; sea level conditions are assumed by the airspeed indicator)
min
,max
2 1 (TAS)
L
WV
S C
,min min
0
(EAS)eV V
,min
0 ,max
2 1 (EAS)e
L
WV
S C
Minimum equivalent airspeed is independent of altitude!
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Altimeter
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Height altitude or level?
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Transition altitude 3000 ft
Sea level
p0 at actual pressure QNH
p0 is set at 1013.25 mbar
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Transition level FL 40
Sea level
p0 at actual pressure QNH
p0 is set at 1013.25 mbar
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Vertical speed indicator
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Contents
1. Summary previous lectures
2. Introduction
3. Altitude effects on performance diagram
4. Performance limits
5. Operational limits
6. Flight envelope
7. Flight instruments
8. Example calculations
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Example Question Climbing performance of the Beach King Air
Two engine propeller aircraft CD = CD0 + kCL
2 CD0 = 0.02 k = 0.04 W = 60 [kN] S = 28.2 [m2]
Power available can be assumed independent of airspeed Maximum power available at sealevel is 741 kW Aircraft is performing a steady symmetrical climb Question a: What is the maximum rate of climb of this aircraft at sea-level ( = 1.225 [kg/m3] and what is the corresponding airspeed?
Question b: What is the maximum rate of climb at 1000 m ( = 1.1117 [kg/m3]) and the
corresponding airspeed. Explain why your results are different than for question a
0.75
,max,
0
(in troposphere)a a sealevelP P