ME 570 Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles Fall 2018

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BODY1
BODY2

Fb2
Fb1

Geodetic1 (NED1)
Geodetic2 (NED2)
FD1 Earth’s Surface
FD2

ECEF
FE

Figure 1 for Q1: The Reference Frames and the A/C’s

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Question 1

A/C 2, shown in Figure 1, is flying at:

h  150 m, L  32.8376°, D  39.9257°, Mach = 0.62 (w.r.t. ECEF Frame).

The Euler angles of A/C 2, w.r.t. NED2 Frame ( FD2 ) are:

  225°,   0°,   182°.

The Angle of Attack (  ) and the Side Slip Angle (  ) of A/C 2 are:
  -3°,   0°.

The angular velocity components of A/C 2, w.r.t. NED2 Frame ( FD2 ), in BODY2 Frame
( Fb2 ) are:
p  -1°/s, q  10°/s, r  -3°/s.

A/C 2, shown in Figure 1, has actual net acceleration, w.r.t. Heliocentric Inertial Frame
(b 2)
( FH ) at BODY2 Frame ( Fb2 ), in m/s2, ab 2 / H , as:

ab(2b 2/ )H  [-1, 0, -20]T

a. Calculate the position of A/C 2, w.r.t. ECEF Frame ( FE ) at ECEF Frame ( FE ), in m,

rb(2E/)E . (20 pts.)

b. Calculate the apparent acceleration, w.r.t. ECEF Frame ( FE ) at ECEF Frame ( FE ),

(E)
in m/s2, ab 2 / E . (25 pts.)

c. Calculate the apparent acceleration, w.r.t. ECEF Frame ( FE ) at BODY2 Frame ( Fb2
(b 2)
), in m/s2, ab 2 / E . (30 pts.)

d. Calculate the apparent acceleration, w.r.t. ECEF Frame ( FE ) at BODY2 Frame ( Fb2
(b 2)
), in m/s2, by applying the Fixed Earth Flat Earth assumption, ab 2 / E 
FeFe . (25 pts.)

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Notes
i. Please rely on the notations, derivations and information given in class and extra
materials.
ii. You can handle your HW as being hand-written and/or printed. However, in any
case, please present your work in a very neat manner.
iii. Please print the first page of this HW and sign below the pledge. This printed
(and signed) page should be the first and/or cover page of your HW.

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