Conference article

Detailed geometrical information of aircraft fuel tanks incorporated into fuel system simulation models

Ingela Lind
SAAB Aeronautics, Linköping, Sweden

Alexandra Oprea
SAAB Aeronautics, Linköping, Sweden

Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp12076333

Published in: Proceedings of the 9th International MODELICA Conference; September 3-5; 2012; Munich; Germany

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 76:34, p. 333-338

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Published: 2012-11-19

ISBN: 978-91-7519-826-2

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

Fuel tanks in fighter aircraft have an irregular shape which is given by a detailed CAD model. To simulate a fuel system with sufficient amount of detail to solve the design issues; necessary geometrical information need to be given in a compact and computationally fast form. A function approximation using radial basis functions is suggested; analyzed and compared with some other methods. The complete process from production scale CAD model to system simulation model is considered.

Keywords

aircraft design; fuel systems simulation; geometrical representation; surrogate model; radial basis functions

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