TY - CHAP
T1 - HyPsim
T2 - A simulation tool for hybrid aircraft performance analysis
AU - Cipolla, Vittorio
AU - Oliviero, Fabrizio
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This work presents the performance prediction activities carried out by the research team of Pisa University within the Euopean project “HYPSTAIR”, concerning the development and validation of hybrid propulsion system components and sub-systems for electrical aircraft. The first part of the paper discusses the performance analysis of a serial hybrid general aviation airplane for a reference mission profile. In particular, the best flight performance is evaluated varying the relevant mission parameters (e.g. range, cruise altitude, and cruise speed) and the amount of available energy, in terms batteries and fuel. In the second part, a hybrid plane simulator, conceived to implement different mission profiles and to include pilot effects on power management by adopting a human-in-the-loop approach, is presented. Such simulator consists of three main software modules linked to each other in real time: a flight simulator, used to compute the aerodynamic forces and to visualize the airplane in flight, a flight planner, in which the mission profile can be defined, and a performance module, which calculates the instantaneous consumption of energy and provides the endurance prediction.
AB - This work presents the performance prediction activities carried out by the research team of Pisa University within the Euopean project “HYPSTAIR”, concerning the development and validation of hybrid propulsion system components and sub-systems for electrical aircraft. The first part of the paper discusses the performance analysis of a serial hybrid general aviation airplane for a reference mission profile. In particular, the best flight performance is evaluated varying the relevant mission parameters (e.g. range, cruise altitude, and cruise speed) and the amount of available energy, in terms batteries and fuel. In the second part, a hybrid plane simulator, conceived to implement different mission profiles and to include pilot effects on power management by adopting a human-in-the-loop approach, is presented. Such simulator consists of three main software modules linked to each other in real time: a flight simulator, used to compute the aerodynamic forces and to visualize the airplane in flight, a flight planner, in which the mission profile can be defined, and a performance module, which calculates the instantaneous consumption of energy and provides the endurance prediction.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015341993&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-45680-5_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-45680-5_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85015341993
SN - 978-3-319-45679-9
VL - 116
T3 - Springer Optimization and Its Applications
SP - 95
EP - 116
BT - Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering
A2 - Frediani, A.
A2 - Mohammadi, B.
A2 - Pironneau, O.
A2 - Cipolla, V.
PB - Springer
ER -