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Trim Strategies for Over-Actuated Vehicle Configurations During Conceptual Design
Published in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
2021
Abstract
Techniques allowing for robust six degree-of-freedom vehicle trim are explored within the iterative rotorcraft sizing framework HYDRA. An optimization-based approach allows designers to find an acceptable local minimum solution of the trim problem for over-actuated vehicle configurations for which an infinite number of trim solutions exist. The performance and robustness of optimization algorithms suitable for the minimization of a nonlinear objective function subject to design variable bounds and equality constraints are compared using both a four degree-of-freedom and a six degree-of-freedom vehicle trim problems. The SciPy implementation of the sequential least squares programming algorithm was found to converge to a target objective function value up to 96% faster than a trust region algorithm for both problems. The six degree-of-freedom trim methodology using sequential least squares programming was then applied to the problem of sizing an omni-directional ocotocopter to be able to complete a mission taking into account multiple motor/rotor failures during the flight. © 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.. All rights reserved.
About the journal
JournalAIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2021
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA