Fuzzy Clustering in Problems of Determining the Aerodynamic Characteristics and Modeling the Aircraft Dynamics

Abstract

A modified method of fuzzy clustering is proposed for determining the aerodynamic characteristics of an aircraft from flight test data. This approach allows one to describe the aerodynamic characteristics of an aircraft in the form of a black box model with inputs in the form of telemetry data, such as accelerations, angular velocities, thrust, and dynamic pressure, and with outputs in the form of dimensionless aerodynamic coefficients of forces and moments. Results of modeling in the MATLAB/Simulink environment are reported.