Aircraft Performance Model Calibration and Validation

Dear colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on topics related to the development, calibration, and validation of flight mechanics models (performance and flight dynamics) for atmospheric flight vehicles. Performance models include (but are not limited to) aero-propulsive performance models, propulsor fuel burn models, takeoff and landing field performance models, overall mission performance models, etc. Flight mechanics models additionally include models of stability and control characteristics and mass properties that allow for time-domain flight simulation, flight control law development, gust/turbulence encounter analyses, piloted simulations, etc. The developed models should be calibrated using and/or validated against real-world flight data. The methods utilized for model calibration and validation as well as calibration and validation results are themselves desired focus areas.

Authors are invited to submit full research articles or review manuscripts addressing (but not limited to) the following focus areas:

• Retrospective estimation of performance characteristics from real-world flight data;
• Use of aircraft performance models to assess or enhance safety of flight operations;
• Calibration and validation of performance models against real-world flight data—techniques and results;
• Calibration and validation of flight dynamics models against flight data—techniques and results;
• Review papers describing current state-of-the-art as well as challenges and opportunities for flight mechanics model calibration and validation.

The focus areas above are not exhaustive and are not intended to exclude articles from other focus areas provided they align with the Special Issue topic. We look forward to receiving your submissions and invite you to contact the Guest Editor regarding any questions.

Dr. Imon Chakraborty
Guest Editor

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• flight mechanics
• aircraft performance models
• flight dynamics
• model calibration
• model validation
• flight data