Considerations in the Lateral Stability （横向稳定性的考虑）.pdf

Considerations in the Lateral Stability Characteristics of Airship Dynamics Brian P. Danowsky Senior Research Engineer bdanowsky@ Thomas T. Myers Vice President and Technical Director tmyers@ Systems Technology, Inc. Hawthorne, CA SAE Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems Committee Meeting #102 Grand Island, NY, Oct. 15-17, 2008 Introduction • Interest has increased recently in the use of lighter-than-air craft for high altitude, long endurance surveillance and communication missions in both the military and private sectors. • Airship dynamics are distinct from those of heavier-than-air craft due to the fact that the mass of the airship is on the same order of magnitude as the displaced air. • Certain unsteady aerodynamic effects, referred to as added mass and inertia, usually ignored in heavier-than-air craft, become significant and produce noticeable differences in dynamic behavior. • Fundamental parameters that characterize the vehicles dynamic stability are directly related to these Skyship 500 unsteady effects and differ from traditional parameters for heavier-than- image courtesy of: .uk/mainnews2007.php air craft. 17 Oct. 2008 SAE ACGSC Meeting #102 2 Property of Systems Technology, Inc. Purpose • Due to increased interest in airships, there is a