27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-5.10.1

BENCHMARKING CEASIOM SOFTWARE TO PREDICT FLYING QUALITIES AND DESIGN FLIGHT CONTROL FOR THE B-747

A. Da Ronch, C. McFarlane*, C. Beaverstock*, J. Oppelstrup**, M. Zhang**, A. Rizzi**
Liverpool Univ., UK; *Univ. of Bristol, UK; **KTH, Sweden

Keywords: aircraft design, aerodynamics, flight dynamics, flight control, cfd

This paper presents results generated by CEASIOM, the Computerized Environment for Aircraft Synthesis and Integrated Optimization Methods, on the Boeing 747 aircraft concerning aerodynamic data and flying qualities. It compares these results to available data produced by Boeing to ascertain the validity of the overall approach.

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