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Abstract

An onboard program for the fighter aircraft fuel gauge system is developed using a computational model resulting in to an optimal estimate of fuel gauge system. A fighter aircraft has several fuel tanks and the fuel quantity of the fuel tanks is required to be gauged reliably taking into account the various dynamic effects of flight maneuvers like aircraft pitch angle, roll angle and acceleration parameters for aircraft CG management. Real time estimation and computational modeling of fuel gauging system is realised by using the least square estimation numerical method with Microcontroller based Electronic unit. It was seen that the fluctuations in the fuel quantity estimation under the dynamic flight conditions are reduced and fuel gauging accuracy is improved.

Keywords

Fuel quantity, Fuel gauging probe, Least Square (LS) computational model, Automatic Net generation Tool for Structural Analysis (ANSA), Microcontroller, Time Processor Unit (TPU) channel.

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Usha, G., Prabhulla , V., Chandran, Srinivasa Rao , R., & Deshmukh , V. (2023). Real Time Estimate and Computational Model of Fighter Aircraft Fuel Gauge System. Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, 64(2), 152–159. https://doi.org/10.61653/joast.v64i2.2012.423

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