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. 2018 Jan 13;18(1):206. doi: 10.3390/s18010206
Abbreviation
ADM Aircraft Dynamic Model
AMM Aircraft Motion Model
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
EKF Extended Kalman Filter
GPS Global Positioning System
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
INS Inertial Navigation System
MEMS Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems
MLE Maximum Likelihood Estimation
PMW Pulse Width Modulation
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UKF Unscented Kalman Filter
Coordinate
g Earth-surface inertial reference frame pointing North, East, Down
b Aircraft-body coordinate frame
a Wind coordinate frame
Cgb Coordinate rotation matrix from g to b
Cab Coordinate rotation matrix from a to b
Aircraft
m Total mass, kg
I Moment of inertia, kg·m2
xG,yG,zG Position of center of gravity, m
xF Aerodynamic focus, m
xpW,xpB,xpWB Aerodynamic center of wing, body and wing-body, m
xpHT,xpHTδe Aerodynamic center of horizontal tail and elevator, m
l Wing span, m
c¯ Mean aerodynamic chord, m
S Reference area, m2
SCW Cantilever wing area, m2
SB Fuselage maximum cross-sectional area, m2
SHT Horizontal tail area, m2
λ Aspect ratio
D¯ Fuselage diameter-to-wing span ratio
D Diameter of propeller, m
φW,φS Incidence angle of wing, horizontal tail, degree
Kαα,Kϕ0 Wing-body interference factor
(Kαα)HT,(Kϕ0)HT Horizontal tail-body interference factor
FT Thrust of propeller, N
FA=[X,Y,Z]T Aerodynamic forces in wind coordinates, Drag, Side Force and Lift, N
Mb=[Mx,My,Mz]T Aerodynamic moments in body coordinates, Roll, Pitch and Yaw moment, N· m
CFT1,CFT2,CFT3 Dimensionless thrust coefficients
CX,CY,CZ Dimensionless aerodynamic-force coefficients
mx,my,mz Dimensionless aerodynamic-moment coefficients
Va Airspeed, m/s
α Angle-of-attack, rad
β Angle of sideslip, rad
ε Angle of downwash, rad
ρ Air density, kg/m3
Q Dynamic pressure, Pa
kHT Airflow block factor
δe,δr,δa Deflection angle of elevator, rudder and aileron, rad
nP Revolutions per second of propeller, r/s
dn,de,dr,da PWM width corresponding to the channel of thrust, elevator, rudder and aileron
ϕ,θ,ψ Roll, pitch, yaw angle rad
Vb=[u,v,w]T Body axis velocities, m/s
ωb=[p,q,r]T Body axis angular rates, rad/s