Title :
Study on change of aircraft center of gravity during fuel consumption
Author :
Miao, Yang ; Wang, Shaoping ; Zhao, Yongping
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Autom. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Beijing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the law of change of aircraft center of gravity (CG) during fuel consumption is studied. The change of aircraft CG is discussed based on three different structures, such as single tank system, dual-symmetrical tank system and dual-asymmetrical tank system. Based on dual-symmetrical tank system, two fuel consumption modes are considered including the same consumption rate and different consumption rate on both tanks. The curves of change of aircraft CG on different conditions are obtained. The character and trend of change of CG is analyzed.
Keywords :
aerospace engineering; aircraft; energy consumption; fuel; tanks (containers); aircraft CG change; aircraft center-of-gravity change; consumption rate; dual-asymmetrical tank system; dual-symmetrical tank system; fuel consumption; single tank system; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Fuel storage; Fuels; Gravity; Military aircraft; Periodic structures; change of CG; fuel consumption; fuel system;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Informatics (INDIN), 2012 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0312-5
DOI :
10.1109/INDIN.2012.6301236
