Dynamic modelling of a landing gear
2018 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Companies in the aerospace industry would benefit from a faster, more flexible wayto investigate physical system issues in the vehicles/aircraft during their lifetime.Current software and hardware provides us with the option of making a systemmodel to simulate investigated problems, saving money and time.This work focuses on a nose landing gear of the Airbus’ fighter jet - EurofighterTyphoon. The landing gear itself is a very complex system designed for highperformance rather than robust usage; it requires a lot of maintenance and testingduring its lifetime. A practical investigation tool is much needed.The primary objective of this work is developing of a simulation model for thenose landing gear in Matlab, Simulink using Simscape library. The model spreadsmainly across two domains: the hydraulic and the multibody domain.The resulting model can simulate extension and retraction behaviour of the realEurofighter nose landing gear under different in-flight conditions. Friction in thehydraulic actuator was derived from the model.Connecting the known parameters of the landing gear subsystems and adjustingthe model to mimic real system behaviour, it can be used to extract the derived parameters,which were previously unknown. The model solves the time-consuminginvestigations and is much more flexible than physical test benches. Finally, it canbe used for future development and planning by simple parameter adjustment.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. , p. 66
Keywords [en]
multibody, modelling, simulation, friction, hydraulics, parametrization
National Category
Robotics and automation Vehicle and Aerospace Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-67541OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-67541DiVA, id: diva2:1180851
External cooperation
Airbus Space&Defence
Subject / course
Student thesis, at least 30 credits
Educational program
Space Engineering, master's level (120 credits)
Supervisors
Examiners
2018-02-082018-02-062026-03-12Bibliographically approved