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Trimming aircraft on the ground based on the hybrid genetic algorithm

  • Zhang Lei
  • , Huang Qitao
  • , Jiang Hongzhou
  • , Han Junwei
  • School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Trimming aircraft on the ground is an absolutely necessary for flight simulators. In order to carry out this task, the aircraft-runway dynamic model is analyzed, and then an elite re-optimized hybrid genetic algorithm for trimming the model is designed, which combines the merits of a genetic algorithm and pattern search. It does not only avoid being trapped by a local optimum, but also improves the precision of results and saves on the time for trimming. Because this trim method requires only in-out information of the dynamic model, it is a universal tool and can be used on different trim works of different simulated aircraft. Its efficiency is then validated in a flight simulator, which reveals its engineering significance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)117-124
Number of pages8
JournalTransactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Volume52
Issue number177
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aircraft-runway dynamics
  • Flight simulator
  • Genetic algorithm
  • Pattern search
  • Trim method

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