%-------------------------------------------------------------------------- % % VMCAv1.m Program to Calculate the Minimum Control Speed in Air % % Mike Cavanaugh 3/08/04 % %-------------------------------------------------------------------------- clear %------Initial Conditions for a Right Engine Failure phi = -5; % bank angle in degrees, FARs allow 5 deg bank toward good engine wmax = 640000; % maximum aircraft weight in pounds for VMCA calculation wmin = 440000; % minimum aircraft weight in pounds for VMCA calculation dw = 2000; % weight increment in pounds for VMCA calculation drmax = 15; % maximum rudder deflection in degrees, must be a positive number damax = -25; % maximum aileron deflection in degrees, must be a negative number Tmaxsl = 50000; % maximum asymmetric thrust in pounds %------Aircraft Geometry------------------------- lt = 68.5 ; % asymmetric thrust moment arm in feet s = 5500; % reference wing area in square feet b = 195.7; % wing span in feet di = 8.4; % engine inlet diameter in feet dsl = .002377; % air density at sea level in slugs per cubic foot %------Stability Derivatives--------------------- cnbeta = 0.002618; % yawing moment coefficient per degree of sideslip clbeta = -0.003857; % rolling moment coefficient per degree of sideslip cybeta = -0.016756; % side force coefficient per degree of sideslip cnda = 0.000112; % yawing moment coefficient per degree of aileron deflection clda = 0.000805; % rolling moment coefficient per degree of aileron deflection cyda = 0.0; % side force coefficient per degree of aileron deflection cndr = -0.001902; % yawing moment coefficient per degree of rudder deflection cldr = 0.000122; % rolling moment coefficient per degree of rudder deflection cydr = 0.003054; % side force coefficient per degree of rudder deflection clmax = 1.6; % aircraft maximum lift coefficient for this test condition %-----Calculate drag of windmilling engine (Ref. Torenbeek G-8) cdeng = (.1934*di^2)/s; %-----Loop in Weight for Rudder Limited VMCA----- i = 1; for W = wmin:dw:wmax %-----Find Rudder Limited Solution-------------- dr = drmax; A11 = cybeta; A12 = cyda; A13 = 0; A14 = ((2*W)/(dsl*s))*sin(phi/57.3); A21 = cnbeta; A22 = cnda; A23 = cdeng*lt/b; A24 = (2*Tmaxsl*lt)/(s*b*dsl); A31 = clbeta; A32 = clda; A33 = 0; A34 = 0; A41 = 0; A42 = 0; A43 = 1; A44 = 0; B11 = -cydr*dr; B21 = -cndr*dr; B31 = -cldr*dr; B41 = 1; A = [A11 A12 A13 A14; A21 A22 A23 A24; A31 A32 A33 A34; A41 A42 A43 A44]; B = [B11; B21; B31; B41]; c = inv(A)*B; beta = c(1,1); da = c(2,1); vfts = c(4,1)^-.5; q = .5 * dsl * vfts^2; vkts = vfts/1.15*(3600/5280); vskts = 0.5928854*((2*W)/(dsl*s*clmax))^.5; rudlim(i,1) = W; rudlim(i,2) = beta; rudlim(i,3) = dr; rudlim(i,4) = da; rudlim(i,5) = vkts; rudlim(i,6) = vskts; if abs(da) >= abs(damax) break end %-----plot results----------------------------- if i>1 hold on plot(W,vkts,'-ob',W,vskts,'or') grid on box on xlabel('WEIGHT') ylabel('VMCA (ktas)') legend ('vmca','vstall', 4) end i=i+1; end %----Loop in Weight for Aileron Limited Solution- i = 1; for W = wmax:-dw:wmin %-----Find Aileron Limited Solution------------ da = damax; AA11 = cybeta; AA12 = cydr; AA13 = 0; AA14 = ((2*W)/(dsl*s))*sin(phi/57.3); AA21 = cnbeta; AA22 = cndr; AA23 = cdeng*lt/b; AA24 = (2*Tmaxsl*lt)/(s*b*dsl); AA31 = clbeta; AA32 = cldr; AA33 = 0; AA34 = 0; AA41 = 0; AA42 = 0; AA43 = 1; AA44 = 0; BB11 = -cyda*da; BB21 = -cnda*da; BB31 = -clda*da; BB41 = 1; AA = [AA11 AA12 AA13 AA14; AA21 AA22 AA23 AA24; AA31 AA32 AA33 AA34; AA41 AA42 AA43 AA44]; BB = [BB11; BB21; BB31; BB41]; cc = inv(AA)*BB; beta = cc(1,1); dr = cc(2,1); vfts = cc(4,1)^-.5; q = .5*dsl*vfts^2; vkts = vfts/1.15*(3600/5280); vskts = 0.5928854*((2*W)/(dsl*s*clmax))^.5; aillim(i,1) = W; aillim(i,2) = beta; aillim(i,3) = dr; aillim(i,4) = da; aillim(i,5) = vkts; aillim(i,6) = vskts; if abs(dr) >= abs(drmax) break end %-----plot results----------------------------- if i>1 hold on plot(W,vkts,'-ob',W,vskts,'-or') end i=i+1; end