Abstract:Large civil aircraft fly-by-wire flight control systems may experience a fault condition where both normal mode and direct mode control commands are output simultaneously. It is necessary to propose a method to demonstrate the airworthiness compliance of the aircraft"s aeroservoelasticity under this fault condition. Current research on the airworthiness compliance of system structural coupling under fault conditions primarily focuses on verification concepts and does not provide specific verification methods for particular faults. This paper proposes an aeroservoelastic analysis method for the mixed command fault in flight control systems. First, an equivalent assumption for the mixed control commands from the normal and direct modes is proposed, and an equivalent method is provided. Based on this assumption, the principle for aeroservoelastic analysis under mixed commands is presented. Second, an iron bird test was designed to verify the equivalent assumption for the mixed control commands. Finally, an aeroservoelastic analysis of the fault state was conducted. The study shows that, compared to the normal mode, the aeroservoelastic stability of the aircraft improves under the mixed command fault, meeting the design requirements. This analysis method can be used for the design and verification of aeroservoelasticity in aircraft fault states.