Advances in aircraft landing gear / by R. Kyle Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, R. Kyle, author.

Series:

PT (Series) (Warrendale, Pa.) ; 169.

PT (Series) (Warrendale, Pa.) ; 169

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Landing gear.

Airplanes.

Airplanes--Taxiing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 129 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, Pennsylvania : SAE International, [2015]

Summary:

Presents eleven hand-picked technical papers focusing on the significant advancements that have occurred in this field concerning numeric modeling, electric actuation, and composite materials. Additionally, papers discussing self-powered landing gear and more electrical overall aircraft architectures are included.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Analysis and Design Methods

Landing Gear Design in the Conceptual Design Phase

Sizing the Landing Gear in the Conceptual Design Phase

An Automatic Procedure for the Landing Gear Conceptual Design of a Light Unmanned Aircraft

An Investigation of Landing Gear Shimmy: Tire Models, Tire Test Methodologies, Analysis and Parameter Studies

Aircraft Level Steering Runaway Failure Analysis

Bird and Tyre Impact Analysis on Landing Gear

Electric Actuation, Control, and Taxi

Examination of Aircraft Electric Wheel Drive Taxiing Concept

Optimal Control Allocation for Electric Aircraft Taxi Systems: A Preliminary Study

DRESS: Distributed and Redundant Electro-mechanical Nose Wheel Steering System

More Electrical Actuation for ATA 32 : Modular Power Electronics &amp

Electrical Motor Concepts

Hardware Design and Implementation of the Landing Gear Control Algorithm

Appendix - Table of Documents Produced and Maintained by the SAE A-5 Committees

About the Editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7680-8718-X

1-5231-0221-7

OCLC:

960704779