More Control Power Requirements Study Control System Requirements for Multidisciplinary Design Total Envelope Aircraft Dynamics and Control Virginia Tech conducts research and analysis of the problems associated with military strike aircraft operational employment at the edges of the aircraft operational flight envelopes. Research focuses on the ability of control law designs to extract the maximum usable performance and agility of the airframe throughout its usable flight envelope, but especially near the edges. Research includes analysis of the robustness of nonlinear control law designs, including the effects of control effector constraints. Results of this research are expected to include analysis of the control requirements to accomplish such maneuvers, as well as the utility and benefits of non-traditional controls such as thrust vectoring and vortex control. Research and analysis of the capabilities of non-traditional flight control effectors, such as thrust vectoring and vortical flow control.
Research consists of aerodynamic prediction methods and wind-tunnel experiments.
The results of this area of research are continually applied to the first research area to enable procurement managers to make informed decisions regarding the desirability of including such effectors in future airplane design. Research in the problem of aircraft departures. Implementation and testing of the results of the above listed research in manned flight simulators.