Principles of Flight Simulation / Aerospace Series (PEP) (PDF)

About the Author. Preface. Glossary . 1 Introduction. 1.1 Historical Perspective. 1.2 The Case for Simulation. 1.3 The Changing Role of Simulation. 1.4 The Organization of a Flight Simulator. 1.5 The Concept of Real-time Simulation. 1.6 Pilot Cues. 1.7 Training versus Simulation. 1.8 Examples of Simulation. References. 2 Principles of Modelling. 2.1 Modelling Concepts. 2.2 Newtonian Mechanics. 2.3 Axes Systems. 2.4 Differential Equations. 2.5 Numerical Integration. 2.6 Real-time Computing. 2.7 Data Acquisition. 2.8 Flight Data. 2.9 Interpolation. 2.10 Distributed Systems. 2.11 A Real-time Protocol. 2.12 Problems in Modelling. References. 3 Aircraft Dynamics. 3.1 Principles of Flight Modelling. 3.2 The Atmosphere. 3.3 Forces. 3.4 Moments. 3.5 Axes Systems. 3.6 Quaternions. 3.7 Equations of Motion. 3.8 Propulsion. 3.9 The Landing Gear. 3.10 The Equations Collected. 3.11 The Equations Revisited - Long Range Navigation. References. 4 Simulation of Flight Control Systems. 4.1 The Laplace Transform. 4.2 Simulation of Transfer Functions. 4.3 PID Control Systems. 4.4 Trimming. 4.5 Aircraft Flight Control Systems. 4.6 The Turn Coordinator and the Yaw Damper. 4.7 The Auto-throttle. 4.8 Vertical Speed Management. 4.9 Altitude Hold. 4.10 Heading Hold. 4.11 Localizer Tracking. 4.12 Auto-land Systems. 4.13 Flight Management Systems. References. 5 Aircraft Displays. 5.1 Principles of Display Systems. 5.2 Line Drawing. 5.3 Character Generation. 5.4 D Graphics Operations. 5.5 Textures. 5.6 OpenGL¯®. 5.7 Simulation of Aircraft Instruments. 5.8 Simulation of EFIS Displays. 5.9 Head-up Displays. References. 6 Simulation of Aircraft Navigation Systems. 6.1 Principles of Navigation. 6.2 Navigation Computations. 6.3 Map Projections. 6.4 Primary Flight Information. 6.5 Automatic Direction Finding (ADF). 6.6 VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR). 6.7 Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 6.8 Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). 6.9 The Flight Director. 6.10 Inertial Navigation Systems. 6.11 Global

David Allerton is Professor of Computer Systems Engineering in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (FIEE). He has been a Lecturer at the University of Southampton and the Professor of Avionics at Cranfield University. He has served on several national committees and is a member and past-Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society's Flight Simulation Group.

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