A numerical study into the longitudinal dynamic stability of the tailless aircraft
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7151570
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1108/AEAT-01-2018-0032
- Title of journal
- Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 428
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0002-2667
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- For the dynamic stability analysis of conventional aircrafts the impact of elevator deflection on drag and stability derivatives is often neglected. This article is significant because it revealed that for small tailless unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) the impact of elevon deflection on stability derivatives is more significant than that of the Mach number. Hence, the dynamic stability of a tailless aircraft configuration should not be calculated using a typical approach for an aircraft in a classical configuration. Instead, elevon deflection should be incorporated, in particular with regards to phugoid modes where the effect is particularly significant.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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