Dynamic programming for trajectory optimization of engine-out transportation aircraft

Hongying Wu (1) , Nayibe Chio Cho (2) , Hakim Bouadi (1) , Lunlong Zhong (1) , Felix Mora-Camino (3)

1 MAIAA - ENAC - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, Informatique et Automatique pour l'Aérien
2 Programa de Ingeniería Mecatrónica
3 LAAS-DISCO - Équipe DIagnostic, Supervision et COnduite

The purpose of this communication is to contribute to the development of a new trajectory management capability for an engine-out transportation aircraft. Engine-out is a dramatic situation for flight safety and this study focuses on the design of a management system for emergency trajectories at this special situation. First the gliding characteristics and flying qualities of a transport aircraft with total engine failure are analyzed while gliding range estimation is considered. Then a new representation of the flight dynamics of an engine-out aircraft is proposed where the space variable is chosen as independent parameter instead of the time variable. This allows to propose a new formulation of the corresponding trajectory optimization problem and to develop a reverse dynamic programming solution technique. Simulation results are displayed and new development perspectives are discussed.

Mots clés: flight safety; quasi steady glide; reverse dynamic programming; trajectory optimization

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Hongying Wu, Nayibe Chio Cho, Hakim Bouadi, Lunlong Zhong, Felix Mora-Camino. Dynamic programming for trajectory optimization of engine-out transportation aircraft. CCDC 2012, 24th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, May 2012, Taiyuan, China. pp 98 -103, ⟨10.1109/CCDC.2012.6244015⟩. ⟨hal-00938792⟩