05.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
BIFURCATION ANALYSIS OF A GENERIC PUSHER TYPE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION IN NEAR-STALL FLIGHT
A.K. Khatri¹, V. Kumar¹; ¹CSIR-NAL, India
Near stall flight of a transport aircraft is many-a-times associated with loss of control problems. A transport aircraft flying inadvertently near stall can rapidly get into upset condition leading to aircraft loss of control. A systematic investigation of near stall flight characteristics of a transport aircraft, therefore, becomes crucial for ensuring safe flight operation of the aircraft. This paper deals with the detailed investigation of nonlinear flight dynamics of a generic pusher type T-tail transport aircraft configuration in near stall flight regime with the broad objective of computing safe flight envelope of the aircraft. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first ever attempt to study nonlinear flight dynamics of a pusher type T-tail transport aircraft.