Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Schwanz, R. C..
Military aircraft research opportunities for the future are briefly surveyed. Aircraft control theory, design analysis, systems integration and flight characteristics are discussed.
The development of an advanced, computerized method for the analysis and evaluation of the aeroelastic stability and control parameters of controls fixed and controls free flight vehicles is presented. Specifically, the Level 2.01 FLEXSTAB computer program system is described. Technical areas in aerodynamics, dynamics, and control system synthesis are defined in which further research and development are planned to extend the analysis capability of the system for future CCV applications.
The application of the maximum likelihood method to estimate the aerodynamic parameters of elastic flight vehicles in a symmetric flight condition is discussed. In this application, particular attention is directed toward the center of mass, elastic deformation, and sensor equations of motion. It is shown that the two major computational problems to be overcome are the inversion of large-sized matrices and the time-wise integration of a large number of linear, ordinary, differential equations.
Analytical method for predicting stability and control characteristics of large elastic airplanes at subsonic and supersonic speeds
In-flight dynamic simulator used to evaluate problems of low-speed approach and landing of supersonic transport