A Effect of Elevator Deflection On Lift PDF
A Effect of Elevator Deflection On Lift PDF
ABSTRACT:Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the
aircraft's lateral attitude by changing the pitch balance, and so also the angle of attack and the lift of the wing.
The elevators are usually hinged to a fixed or adjustable rear surface, making as a whole a tailplane or
horizontal stabilizer. The effect on lift coefficient due to an elevator deflection is going to find by assuming the
baseline value, initializing the aircraft at a steady state flight condition and then commanding a step elevator
deflection. By monitoring the aircraft’s altitude and other related measurements, you can record the effect of a
step elevator deflection at this flight condition. Repetitions of this experiment with various values will
demonstrate how variations in this parameter affect the aircraft’s response to elevator deflection. Deflection of
the control surface creates an increase or decrease in lift and moment. In this paper we are going to derive the
different equations related to the longitudinal stability and control. The design of the horizontal stabilizer and
elevator is going to do in CATIA V5 and the analysis is going to perform in ANSYS 12.0 FLUENT.
Keywords : Horizontal tail , Elevator , CATIA V 5 , CFD Analysis
Cr = Root chord
B = Half-wing span
λ = Quarter chord sweepback angle
AR = Aspect ratio
T = Taper ratio
Cd = Sectional drag coefficient (2D-Airfoil)
Cl = Sectional lift coefficient (2D- Airfoil)
CD = Drag coefficient (3D-Elevator)
CL = Lift coefficient (3D- Elevator)
Cdmin = Minimum drag Coefficient
CLmax = Maximum lift coefficient
CLmin = Minimum lift Coefficient
Cm = Pitching moment coefficient
Cmo/4 = Zero Angle Pitching moment coefficient
CmC = pitching moment about the quarter-chord
CLα = Lift-Curve slope
L/D = Lift-to-Drag Ratio
CG = Center of Gravity
t/c = Thickness to Chord Ratio
E = Young’s modulus
G = sectional modulus
Α = Angle Of Attack
PR = Poison’s Ratio
I. Introduction
Elevators are flight control surfaces, usually at the rear of an aircraft, which control the aircraft's lateral
attitude by changing the pitchbalance, and so also the angle of attack and the lift of the wing. The elevators are
usually hinged to a fixed or adjustable rear surface, making as a whole a tailplane or horizontal stabilizer. They
1.2 Objective
The main objective of this project is to study variation of lift, drag and pitching moment coefficient
(C , C and C ) function of angle of attack and elevator deflection in longitudinal direction.
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1.4.1 Conventional
The conventional tail or inverted T-shape configuration (see figure 6.10-1) is the simplest configuration
and the most convenient to perform all tail functions (i.e. trim, stability, and control). The analysis and
evaluation of the performance of a conventional tail is straight forward. This configuration includes one
horizontal tail (two left and right sections); located on the aft fuselage; and one vertical tail (one section);
located on top of the aft fuselage. Both horizontal and vertical tails are located and mounted to the aft of
fuselage. The horizontal tail is mainly employed to satisfy the longitudinal trim and stability requirements, while
vertical tail is mainly used to satisfy the directional trim and stability requirements. If the designer has low
experience, it is recommended to initially select the conventional tail configuration. Almost all flight dynamics
textbook examine the features of a conventional tail, but not every flight dynamics textbook discuss the
characteristics of other tail configurations. The designer must be professional and skillful on the area of the trim
analysis, stability analysis, and control analysis, if other configurations are selected. This is one of the reasons
that about 60 percent of current aircraft in service have conventional tail. Furthermore it has light weight,
efficient, and performs at regular flight conditions.
1.4.2 T-tail
A T-tail is an aft tail configuration (see figure 2-2) that looks like the letter ―T‖; which implies the
vertical tail is located on top of the horizontal tail. The T-tail configuration is another aft tail configuration that
provides a few advantages, while it has a few disadvantages. The major advantage of a T-tail configuration is
that it is out of the regions of wing wake, wing downwash, wing vortices, and engine exit flow (i.e. hot and
turbulent high speed gas). This allows the horizontal tail to provide a higher efficiency, and a safer structure.
The lower influence from the wing results in a smaller horizontal tail area; and the lower effect from the engine
leads in a less tail vibration and buffet. The less tail vibration increases the life of the tail with a lower fatigue
This condition may be assumed as a stable condition, but it accompanies an enormous drag along with a
resulting high rate of descent. At this moment, the elevator and aileron effectiveness have been severely reduced
because both wing and horizontal tail are stalled at the very high angle of attack. This is known as a locked-in
deep stall, a potentially fatal state. The design solutions to avoid a deep stall in a T-tail configuration are to: 1.
Ensure a stable pitch down at the initial stall, 2. Extend the horizontal tail span substantially beyond the nacelles,
and 3. Employ a mechanism to enable full down elevator angles if a deep stall occurs. In addition, the aircraft
must be well protected from the initial stall by devices such as stick shaker, lights, and stall horn.
Despite above mentioned disadvantages of T-tail, it becomes more and popular among aircraft designers. About
25 percent of today’s aircraft employ T-tail configuration. It is interesting to note that the GA aircraft Piper
Cherokee has two versions; Cherokee III with conventional tail, and Cherokee IV with T-tail. The aircraft has a
single piston engine at the nose and a low wing configuration. Several GA and transport aircraft such as
GrobStarto 2C, Cessna 525 CitaionJet, Beech Super King Air B200, Beechjet T-1A Jayhawk, Learjet 60,
Gulfstream IV (Figure 11.15), MD-90, Boeing 727, Fokker 100, AVRO RJ115, Bombardier BD 701 Global
1.4.4 H-tail
The H-tail (see figure 2-4), as the name implies, looks like the letter ―H‖. H-tail comprised of one horizontal tail
in between two vertical tails. The features associated with an H-tail are as follows:
1. At high angles of attack, the vertical tail is not influenced by the turbulent flow coming from fuselage.
2. In a multiengine turboprop aircraft, vertical tails are located behind the prop-wash region. This causes the
vertical tail to have higher performance in the inoperative engine situation.
3. The vertical tail end-plate effect improves the aerodynamic performance of the horizontal tail.
4. In military aircraft, the engine very hot exhaust gasses could be hidden from radars or infrared missiles. This
technique has been employed the close support aircraft Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt (se figure 4-4).
5. The H-tail allows the twin vertical tail span to be shorter. The aircraft ―Lockheed constellation‖ had to
employ an H-tail configuration to be able to park inside short height hangars.
6. The lateral control of the aircraft will be improved due to the shorter vertical tail span.
7. The H-tail allows the fuselage to be shorter, since the tail can be installed on a boom.
8. The H-tail is slightly heavier than conventional; and T-tail configuration. The reason is that the horizontal tail
must be strong enough to support both vertical tails.
9. The structural design of the H-tail is more tedious than conventional tail.
As can be noticed, an H-tail configuration tends to offer several advantages and disadvantages; hence, the
selection of an H-tail must be the result of a compromise process. Several GA and military aircraft such as
Sadler A-22 Piranha, T-46, Short Skyvan, and Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt (see figure 4-4) utilize H-tail
configuration.
1.4.5 V-tail
When the major goal of the tail design is to reduce the total tail area, the V-tail (see figure 2-5) is a
proper candidate. As the name implies, the V-tail configuration has two sections, which forms a shape that looks
like the letter ―V‖. In another word, a V-tail is similar to a horizontal tail with high anhedral angle and without
any vertical tail. Two sections of a V-tail act as both horizontal and vertical tails. Due to the angle of each
section, the lift perpendicular to each section has two components; one in the y-direction, and one in the z-
direction. If no controller is deflected, two components in the y-direction cancel each other, while two lift
components in the z-direction are added together. The V-tail may perform the longitudinal and directional trim
role satisfactorily, but it has deficiencies in maintaining the aircraft longitudinal and directional stability. In
addition, the V-tail design is more susceptible to Dutch roll tendencies than a conventional tail, and total
reduction in drag is minimal.
The V-tail design utilizes two slanted tail surfaces to perform the same functions as the surfaces of a
conventional elevator and rudder configuration. The movable surfaces, which are usually called ruddervator, are
connected through a special linkage that allows the control wheel to move both surfaces simultaneously. On the
other hand, displacement of the rudder pedals moves the surfaces differentially, thereby providing directional
control. When both rudder and elevator controls are moved by the pilot, a control mixing mechanism moves
each surface the appropriate amount. The control system for the V-tail is more complex than that required for a
conventional tail. Ruddervator induce the undesirable phenomenon of the adverse roll-yaw coupling. The
solution could be an inverted V-tail configuration that has other disadvantages. Few aircraft such as Beechcraft
Bonanza V35, Robin ATL Club, Aviation Farm J5 Marco, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial
reconnaissance vehicle Global Hawk (see figure 4-5), and Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk employ a V-tail.
Unmanned aircraft General Atomic MQ-1 Predator has an inverted V-tail plus a vertical tail under the aft
fuselage.
1.4.8 Boom-mounted
Sometime some specific design requirements do not allow the aircraft designer to select the
conventional tail configuration. For instance, if a prop-driven engine must be installed at the rear of the fuselage,
a conventional tail will tend to have a low efficiency. The reason is the interference between the propeller flow
and the tail. One of the options is to use two booms and install the tail at the end of the booms (see figure 2-8).
This option in turn, allows using a shorter fuselage, but overall aircraft weight would be slightly heavier. Two
options are: 1. U-tail, 2. Inverted U-tail. The reconnaissance aircraft Reims F337F Super Skymaster (Figure 4-8)
and Rutan Voyager employs a boom mounted U-tail. The twin turboprop light utility aircraft Partenavia PD.90
Tapete Air Truck employs a boom mounted inverted U tail configuration which allows for an integrated loading
ramp/air-stair.
Conclusion
Aerodynamic analyses presented in this paper have been performed using a CFD method which takes
into account viscous, but also compressibility effects (no matter how small in case of light aircraft). The
calculation model uses mesh with a reasonably small number of elements, and a very sophisticated physical
model, based on the RANS k- SST equations for turbulence. By this, and applying the half-model analysis, the
CPU time for calculations of different angles of attack had been substantially reduced, while the range of angles
of attack had been extended tothe post-stall values, compared with methods applied at previous design steps.
Calculations have provided a vast scope of very useful quantitative and qualitative data. Results obtained by all
methods during the aerodynamic development of NLA, including the latest CFD calculations, have shown fair
agreements for practical engineering purposes. This way, the requirement posted in contemporary airplane
design, that the calculation tools and methods applied at all different design levels should generally confirm,
supplement and fine-tune each-other, has been satisfied.
2.3 AERO-STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OFAN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND
ITS MISSION ADAPTIVE WING
This thesis investigates the effects of camber change on the mission adaptive wing of a structurally
designed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software
ANSYS/FLUENT is employed for the aerodynamic analyses. Several cambered airfoils are compared in terms
of their aerodynamic coefficients and the effects of the camber change formed in specific sections of the wing
on the spanwise pressure distribution are investigated. The mission adaptive wing is modeled structurally to
observe the effect of spanwisepressure distribution on the wing structure. For the structural design and analysis
of the UAV under this study, commercial software MSC/PATRAN and MSC/NASTRAN are used. The
structural static and dynamic analyses of the unmanned aerial vehicle are also performed under specified flight
conditions. The results of these analyses show that the designed structure is safe within the flight envelope.
Having completed aero-structural design and analysis, the designedunmanned aerial vehicle is manufactured by
TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries (TAI).
Conclusion
In the scope of this thesis, the research aiming to increase the aerodynamic efficiency of the aerial
vehicles is examined. Among different alternatives, the methodology of increasing the aerodynamic efficiency is
chosen as change in camber. The background of the study is established by performing 2D CFD analyses on
differently cambered airfoils generated from the selected NACA4412 airfoil via ANSYS®/FLUENT software.
3.1.2History
CATIA started as in-house development by French aircraft manufacturer Avions marcel Dassault, at that
time customer of the CAD CAM CAD software.
Initially named CATI (conception assisted tri dimensionally interactive – French for Interactive Aided Three
Dimensional Design) – it was renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell
the software, and signed to a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM. In 1984,All automotive companies
use CATIA for car structures-door beams, IP supports, bumper beams, roof rails, body components – because
CATIA is very good in surface creation and computer representation of surface
CATIA is widely used throughout the engineering industry, especially in the automotive and aerospace sectors.
CATIA V4, CATIA V5.
3.1.3. Automotive:
Automotive companies that use CATIA to varying degrees are BMW, Porsche, Daimler Chrysler [2],
Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo, Fiat, Gestampautomocion, Benteler AG, PSA Peugeot citroen, Renault, Toyota,
Honda, Ford, scania, Hyundai, protan,Tata motors and Mahindra. Goodyear uses it in making tires for
automotive and aerospace and also uses a customized CATIA for its design and development. All automotive
companies use CATIA for car structures-door beams, IP supports, bumper beams, roof rails, body components –
because CATIA is very good in surface creation and computer representation of surfaces.
3.1.4. Shipbuilding:
Dassaults system has begun serving shipbuilders with CATIA V5 release 8, which includes special
features useful to shipbuilders. GD electric Boat used CATIA to design the latest fast attack submarine class for
the United States Navy, the Virginia class. Northrop Grumman Newport news also used CATIA to design the
general R. Ford class of supercarriers for the US navy.
Basic shapes:
This part will discuss the various shapes that can be created in part design using the icons on the part
design workbench. The purpose of this group of exercises is to introduce how to use those icons and their
options. The usefulness of them, depend on the part you are typing to create. It is important for you to
understand how to use each of those icons in conjunction with your sketches to produce your final part
Pad:The pad icon allows you to use a sketch and extrude it in a linear direction producing a solid pad. You can
create a sketch or profile on-the-fly by pressing the third mouse button while in the selection box. When you
create a pad, a pad Definition window appears like the one shown below
4.1.1 CATIA V5
CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE
commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault Systems. Written in the C++
programming language, CATIA is the cornerstone of the Dassault Systems product lifecycle management
software suite. The key points generated by using MACROS are then imported into the CATIA. Using these key
points the required airfoils and wing are generated. The generated wing must be saved in .iges formatfor its
further use in ANSYS workbench.
CATIA V5 PART
Specifications
Area (m²) = 31.00
Span (m) = 12.45
Aspect Ratio = 5.00
Taper Ratio = 0.256
1/4 Chord Sweep (º) = 29.00
Tail Arm (m) = 13.53
Sh/S = 0.253
ShLh/Sc = 0.799
Figure 10 Elevator
The above figure shows the top view, side view and front view.
SYSTEMS DESIGN:
Substantial reduction of lead times and costs of new designs
Ability to study systems where controlled experiments are difficult or impossible to perform(e.g. very
large systems)
Ability to study the systems under hazardous conditions at and beyond their normal performance
limits(e.g. safety studies and accident scenarios)
Practical unlimited level of detail of results.
In contrast CFD codes can produce extremely large volumes of results at virtually no added expense
and it is very cheap to perform parametric studies, for instance to optimize equipment performance.
Computational method
The NACA 0009, the well documented aerofoil from the 4-digit series of NACA aerofoils, was
utilized. The NACA 0009 aerofoil is symmetrical; the 00 indicates that it has no camber. The 09 indicates that
the aerofoil has a 09% thickness to chord length ratio; it is 09% as thick as it is long. Reynolds number for the
simulations was Re=3x106, same with the reliable experimental data from Abbott and Von Doenhoff (1959), in
order to validate the present simulation. The free stream temperature is 300 K, which is the same as the
environmental temperature. The density of the air at the given temperature is ρ=1.225kg/m3 and the viscosity is
μ=1.7894×10-5kg/ms.For this Reynolds number, the flow can be described as incompressible. This is an
assumption close to reality and it is not necessary to resolve the energy equation. A segregated, implicit solver
was utilized (Fluent Gambit 6.3.26., 2006) Calculations were done for angles of attack ranging from -12 to 20°.
The airfoil profile, boundary conditions and meshes were all created in the pre-processor Gambit 2.4.6. The pre-
processor is a program that can be employed to produce models in two and three dimensions, using structured or
unstructured meshes, which can consist of a variety of elements, such as quadrilateral, triangular or tetrahedral
elements. The resolution of the mesh was greater in regions where greater computational accuracy was needed,
such as the region close to the airfoil.
α [0] CM CL
-8 -0.023 -0.611
0 -0.003 0.211
5 -0.042 1.000
20 -0.031 1.122
25 -0.054 1.422
30 -0.145 1.895
α [0] CM CL
-8 -0.074 -1.000
0 0.033 0.231
5 0.052 0.451
20 0.011 0.622
25 0.021 0.844
30 -0.052 1.112
Presented results, obtained by CFD analyses, show moderate increase in maximum lift coefficient with elevator
deflection.
The CFD aerodynamic analyses have been performed for angles of attack [o] ranging from negative,
to positive post-stall values, at Reynolds number MRe≈ 5.3 calculated with respect to the wing chord, for all
elevator positions (to retain full compatibility of the results,although such MRevalue would be a bit too high for
operational elevator applications). The analyses have provided very useful quantitative and qualitative results.
VII. CONCLUSION
Aerodynamic analyses presented in this paper have been performed using a CFD method which takes
into account viscous, but also compressibility effects. The calculation model usesmesh with a reasonably small
number of elements, and a very sophisticated physical model, based on the RANS k-SST equations for
turbulence. By this, and applying the half-model analysis, the CPU time for calculations of different angles of
attack had been substantially reduced, Results obtained by all methods during the aerodynamic development of
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