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Modelling of the hose and drogue in air-to-air refuelling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. W. Bloy  and
M. M. Khan
A. W. Bloy
Affiliation:
Manchester School of Engineering, University of Manchester
M. M. Khan
Affiliation:
Manchester School of Engineering, University of Manchester
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Abstract

A static model of the hose and drogue used to provide data in a realtime flight simulation of air-to-air refuelling is presented. The model predicts (a) the interference effect of the flow around the nose of a combat receiver aircraft on the pre-contact position of the drogue and (b) the hose shape and the loads induced on the receiver probe during contact. The use of the static model in the pre-contact case is validated for a normal closure speed by comparison with the results from a small perturbation dynamic analysis. At higher closure speed the static model is found to be less satisfactory. In a typical receiver approach a movement of the drogue similar to the drogue radius is predicted.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 106 , Issue 1055 , January 2002 , pp. 17 - 26
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2002 

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