System, method, and computer program product for predicting cruise orientation of an as-built airplane
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJohn G. Barnes, Douglas L. Wilson, Timothy W. Purcell, Stephen A. Walls, Dean A. Hawkinson
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Abstract
Illustrative computer-executable methods, systems, and computer software program products predict cruise orientation of an as-built airplane. In illustrative embodiments, nominal orientation of an as-built airplane is input. Deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane is automatically computed, and the computed deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane is applied to the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane.
Claims25
A computer executable method for predicting cruise orientation of an as-built airplane, the method comprising:
- inputting nominal orientation of an as-built airplane;
- automatically computing deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane;
- and
- applying the computed deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane to the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane.
A computer executable method for predicting cruise orientation of an as-built airplane, the method comprising:
- inputting nominal orientation of an as-built airplane;
- formatting angular variation of at least one aerodynamically significant feature of the as-built airplane into an input vector;
- formatting a plurality of transformation factors that correlate a plurality of angular variations of aerodynamically significant features with angular offsets of components of cruise orientation into a transformation matrix;
- multiplying the transformation matrix by the input vector to obtain an output vector with angular offsets of components of the predicted cruise orientation of the as-built airplane, and
- applying the angular offsets of components of the predicted cruise orientation of the as-built airplane to the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane.
A system for predicting cruise orientation of an as-built airplane, the system comprising:
- a first computer processing component configured to automatically compute deviation from nominal orientation of an as-built airplane;
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- a second computer processing component configured to apply the computed deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane to the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane.
A computer software program product for predicting cruise orientation of an as-built airplane, the method comprising:
- first computer program code means for automatically computing deviation from nominal orientation of an as-built airplane;
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- second computer program code means for applying the computed deviation from the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane to the nominal orientation of the as-built airplane.
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