Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines

The process of improving the existing aircraft fleet through the development of modifications has become widespread in both domestic and foreign aircraft manufacturing. Under modern conditions, no country in the world is capable of simultaneously modernizing all types of aircraft. Economic and scien...

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Main Authors: Liudmyla Kapitanova, Viktor Riabkov, Danylo Kirnoson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute» 2023-12-01
Series:Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія
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Online Access:http://nti.khai.edu/ojs/index.php/aktt/article/view/2196
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description The process of improving the existing aircraft fleet through the development of modifications has become widespread in both domestic and foreign aircraft manufacturing. Under modern conditions, no country in the world is capable of simultaneously modernizing all types of aircraft. Economic and scientific-technical resources are usually directed toward developing those types for which there is the greatest demand. Limiting the number of types in conjunction with developing modifications for existing aircraft significantly contributes to increasing the efficiency of the entire air transport system. Objectively, there are several reasons for modifications in transport-category aircraft. The first reason is associated with increasing discrepancies between technical and economic indicators. The second reason is related to the use of this type of transport in practical human activities, which is progressively expanding. The third reason is the influence of time. Creating modifications allows to a certain extent to resolve the contradiction between the deadlines for creating complex modern technology, which have increased, and the accelerated pace of scientific and technological progress. The subject of this study is the process of ensuring static balancing of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines. The goal is to develop models for ensuring the static balancing of a light transport aircraft (LTA) in conditions involving changes in its propulsion engines and reconfiguring the lifting surface system while minimizing the aerodynamic quality costs for balancing changes in the LTA. Tasks: Determine the process of ensuring static balancing of transport category aircraft considering the coefficient of static stability degree; peculiarities of applying this coefficient in balancing a LTA; establish the correlation between the coefficient of static stability degree and the aerodynamic polar of a balanced LTA; quantitatively evaluate and minimize the losses of wing aerodynamic quality to achieve static balancing of the LTA. The obtained scientific results enable both the balancing of a LTA and the minimization of aerodynamic quality losses. Conclusions: Based on the obtained dependencies and their numerical analysis, it has been established that when replacing the engines of a light transport aircraft with a payload capacity of 9.1 tons, the coefficient of static stability of 0.15 complies with the requirements of the Airworthiness Standards for Transport Category Aircraft. During the numerical analysis, it was also determined that for such an aircraft, the aerodynamic quality losses amounted to 7%–9%, which is acceptable for the considered aircraft type.
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spelling doaj.art-20480a9ae90a49819133f02a87b50f062024-01-05T18:32:41ZengNational Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute»Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія1727-73372663-22172023-12-0106283710.32620/aktt.2023.6.042040Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion enginesLiudmyla Kapitanova0Viktor Riabkov1Danylo Kirnoson2National Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute», KharkivNational Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute», KharkivNational Aerospace University «Kharkiv Aviation Institute», KharkivThe process of improving the existing aircraft fleet through the development of modifications has become widespread in both domestic and foreign aircraft manufacturing. Under modern conditions, no country in the world is capable of simultaneously modernizing all types of aircraft. Economic and scientific-technical resources are usually directed toward developing those types for which there is the greatest demand. Limiting the number of types in conjunction with developing modifications for existing aircraft significantly contributes to increasing the efficiency of the entire air transport system. Objectively, there are several reasons for modifications in transport-category aircraft. The first reason is associated with increasing discrepancies between technical and economic indicators. The second reason is related to the use of this type of transport in practical human activities, which is progressively expanding. The third reason is the influence of time. Creating modifications allows to a certain extent to resolve the contradiction between the deadlines for creating complex modern technology, which have increased, and the accelerated pace of scientific and technological progress. The subject of this study is the process of ensuring static balancing of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines. The goal is to develop models for ensuring the static balancing of a light transport aircraft (LTA) in conditions involving changes in its propulsion engines and reconfiguring the lifting surface system while minimizing the aerodynamic quality costs for balancing changes in the LTA. Tasks: Determine the process of ensuring static balancing of transport category aircraft considering the coefficient of static stability degree; peculiarities of applying this coefficient in balancing a LTA; establish the correlation between the coefficient of static stability degree and the aerodynamic polar of a balanced LTA; quantitatively evaluate and minimize the losses of wing aerodynamic quality to achieve static balancing of the LTA. The obtained scientific results enable both the balancing of a LTA and the minimization of aerodynamic quality losses. Conclusions: Based on the obtained dependencies and their numerical analysis, it has been established that when replacing the engines of a light transport aircraft with a payload capacity of 9.1 tons, the coefficient of static stability of 0.15 complies with the requirements of the Airworthiness Standards for Transport Category Aircraft. During the numerical analysis, it was also determined that for such an aircraft, the aerodynamic quality losses amounted to 7%–9%, which is acceptable for the considered aircraft type.http://nti.khai.edu/ojs/index.php/aktt/article/view/2196легкий транспортний літакстатичне балансуваннямодифікація літакааеродинамічна якістьмаршовий двигун
spellingShingle Liudmyla Kapitanova
Viktor Riabkov
Danylo Kirnoson
Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
Авіаційно-космічна техніка та технологія
легкий транспортний літак
статичне балансування
модифікація літака
аеродинамічна якість
маршовий двигун
title Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
title_full Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
title_fullStr Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
title_full_unstemmed Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
title_short Ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
title_sort ensuring static balance of a light transport aircraft during the replacement of its propulsion engines
topic легкий транспортний літак
статичне балансування
модифікація літака
аеродинамічна якість
маршовий двигун
url http://nti.khai.edu/ojs/index.php/aktt/article/view/2196
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