Presentation: Aircraft Flight Dynamics with a Non-Inertial CFD Code

Aircraft Flight Dynamics with a Non-Inertial CFD Code

AIAA 2005-0230

Charles O'Neill

Jan 2005

Reno, NV

This project was presented as AIAA 2005-0230 and concerns coupling a non-inertial CFD code with a 6 DOF (degree of freedom) rigid body dynamics simulator. Quaternions are used for attitude orientation. The result is a computational aircraft flight dynamics simulation. The paper shows flight maneuvers such as rolls, loops, and thin-strip Magnus lift production.

Navion Roll with Rudder Deflection

The full presentation is available here.