Alternative method to determine the air mass state of an aircraft and to validate and augment the primary method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-007/00
G06F-017/00
출원번호
US-0255233
(2008-10-21)
등록번호
US-8761970
(2014-06-24)
발명자
/ 주소
McIntyre, Melville Duncan Walter
Houck, Andrew William
Bridgewater, Russell Tanner
Freeman, Robert E.
Salo, Paul
Wilson, Douglas L.
Moore, Jonathan K.
출원인 / 주소
The Boeing Company
대리인 / 주소
Yee & Associates, P.C.
인용정보
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5인용 특허 :
19
초록▼
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying air data for an aircraft. The lift for the aircraft is identified. The number of surface positions for the aircraft is identified. The angle of attack during flight of the aircraft is identified. A synthetic dynamic pressure is comput
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying air data for an aircraft. The lift for the aircraft is identified. The number of surface positions for the aircraft is identified. The angle of attack during flight of the aircraft is identified. A synthetic dynamic pressure is computed from the lift, the number of surface positions, and the angle of attack.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for identifying air data for an aircraft, the method comprising: measuring, using a first sensor, a lift for the aircraft;identifying a number of surface positions for the aircraft;measuring, using a second sensor, an angle of attack during a flight of the aircraft;receiving, at a proces
1. A method for identifying air data for an aircraft, the method comprising: measuring, using a first sensor, a lift for the aircraft;identifying a number of surface positions for the aircraft;measuring, using a second sensor, an angle of attack during a flight of the aircraft;receiving, at a processor, the lift, the number of surface positions, and the angle of attack; andcomputing, using the processor, a synthetic dynamic pressure from the lift, the number of surface positions, and the angle of attack by dividing the lift by a coefficient, wherein the coefficient is computed by: multiplying the angle of attack by a slope of a lift coefficient with respect to the angle of attack to form a first value, then by adding the first value to an incremental lift coefficient determined from the number of surface positions to form a second value, then by multiplying the second value by a reference area of a wing of the aircraft. 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: calculating an airspeed for the aircraft from the synthetic dynamic pressure. 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising: identifying a dynamic pressure from total pressure data and static pressure data. 4. The method of claim 3 further comprising: comparing the dynamic pressure with the synthetic dynamic pressure. 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising: determining whether to use the dynamic pressure from a comparison of the dynamic pressure with the synthetic dynamic pressure. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the angle of attack during the flight of the aircraft comprises: identifying the angle of attack during the flight of the aircraft using angle of attack data from a number of angle of attack vanes on the aircraft. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the lift for the aircraft comprises: identifying a weight of the aircraft;identifying a load factor for the aircraft; andcalculating the lift from the weight and the load factor. 8. The method of claim 1 further comprising: computing a third value from the lift, the number of surface positions, and a dynamic pressure measured for the aircraft, wherein the third value comprises a synthetic angle of attack. 9. The method of claim 8 further comprising: determining whether to use the angle of attack from a comparison of the angle of attack with the synthetic angle of attack. 10. The method of claim 1 further comprising: computing a fourth value from the side force, the number of surface positions, and a dynamic pressure measured for the aircraft, wherein the fourth value comprises a synthetic angle of sideslip. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of surface positions are a number of control surface positions and a number of high-lift surface positions. 12. An apparatus comprising: a computer; andan air data process executing on the computer, wherein the air data process is configured to identify lift for an aircraft; identify a number of surface positions for the aircraft; identify an angle of attack during a flight of the aircraft; and compute synthetic dynamic pressure by dividing the lift by a coefficient, wherein the coefficient is computed by: multiplying the angle of attack by a slope of a lift coefficient with respect to the angle of attack to form a first value, then by adding the first value to an incremental lift coefficient determined from the number of surface positions to form a second value, then by multiplying the second value by a reference area of a wing of the aircraft. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the air data process is configured to calculate an airspeed for the aircraft from the synthetic dynamic pressure and global positioning system altitude. 14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the air data process is configured to compute a second value from the lift, the number of surface positions, and a dynamic pressure measured for the aircraft, wherein the second value comprises a synthetic angle of attack. 15. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising: a common mode monitor configured to compare a dynamic pressure with the synthetic dynamic pressure and determining whether to use the dynamic pressure to control the aircraft. 16. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising: a number of sensors configured to generate angle of attack data. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the computer is located in the aircraft and the number of sensors is located on the aircraft. 18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program product for identifying air data for an aircraft, the computer program product comprising: program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for identifying lift for the aircraft;program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for identifying a number of surface positions for the aircraft;program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for identifying an angle of attack during a flight of the aircraft; andprogram code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for computing a synthetic dynamic pressure by dividing the lift by a coefficient, wherein the coefficient is computed by: multiplying the angle of attack by a slope of a lift coefficient with respect to the angle of attack to form a first value, then by adding the first value to an incremental lift coefficient determined from the number of surface positions to form a second value, then by multiplying the second value by a reference area of a wing of the aircraft. 19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 further comprising: program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for calculating an airspeed for the aircraft from the synthetic dynamic pressure. 20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 further comprising: program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for identifying a dynamic pressure from total pressure data and static pressure data. 21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20 further comprising: program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for comparing the dynamic pressure with the synthetic dynamic pressure. 22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21 further comprising: program code, stored on the computer recordable storage medium, for determining whether to use the dynamic pressure from a comparison of the dynamic pressure with the synthetic dynamic pressure.
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