Validation of a numerical simulation tool for aircraft formation flight
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This paper covers a numerical simulation of a NASA test flight utilizing a formation of two F18A Hornet aircraft. The numerical simulation was made using an adapted version of the vortex lattice method TORNADO, allowing for several aircraft to be simulated in a trimmed condition. The numerical results showed good agreement with the flight test data. Some discrepancies due to the numerical model not covering viscous diffusion was found as expected but not quantified or analyzed.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013