Aircraft Lateral-Directional Stability in Critical Cases via Lyapunov Exponent Criterion
Based on Lyapunov exponent criterion, the aircraft lateral-directional stability during critical flight cases is presented.A periodic motion or limit cycle oscillation isdisplayed.A candidate mechanism for the wing rock limit cycle is the inertia coupling between an unstable lateral-directional (Dutch roll) mode with stable longitudinal (short peri