dc.contributor.author | Stuart, Charles | |
dc.contributor.author | Spence, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Gallagher, Conor | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-19T22:15:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-19T22:15:04Z | |
dc.date.created | 12-16 June 2023 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2023 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Charles Stuart, Stephen Spence, Conor Gallagher, 'Validation and Calibration of Conceptual Design Tool SUAVE', AIAA 2023-3225 Session: Aerodynamic Design & Validation, 2023 | en |
dc.identifier.other | Y | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive validation of the conceptual design tool SUAVE, with respect to real world flight data from an extensive flight database of 737- 800NG fleet operations. A validation of the initial SUAVE model fuel burn predictions was performed and compared with the actual data. A surrogate propulsion model was developed using NPSS and integrated into SUAVE, which significantly enhanced the model accuracy. A calibration of the SUAVE aerodynamic model coefficients, the propulsion model idle throttle value, and the take-off and landing drag increments was performed which aimed to minimise the fleet-wide fuel burn error with respect to the actual flight data within the database. The model was calibrated using 26 case flights in a training database, and the final calibrated model performance was measured against three unseen test cases within the flight database. A modest reduction in error was observed for the training and test cases, however non-linear error effects in the presence of headwinds and tailwinds affected the model accuracy and limited the potential of the calibration. Despite these effects, a highly accurate model was developed with an average fuel-flow error of 5% with respect to real-world flight data, providing an accurate baseline model from which confident projections of future carbon reductions can be obtained for new aircraft designs. | en |
dc.format.extent | https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights | Y | en |
dc.subject | Sustainable aviation | en |
dc.title | Validation and Calibration of Conceptual Design Tool SUAVE | en |
dc.title.alternative | AIAA Aviation Forum 2023 | en |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/stuartch | |
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/spences | |
dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 256955 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023 | |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |
dc.subject.TCDTheme | Smart & Sustainable Planet | en |
dc.identifier.rssuri | https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-3225 | |
dc.identifier.orcid_id | 0000-0001-5170-9026 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/104309 | |