An overview of researches on deck-landing of carrier-based aircrafts

Abstract

For carrier-based aircrafts, high sink speed, the complex environment of deck-landing and design requirement of overload to be 6 or even 7 have brought a big burden to carrierbased aircraft designers. Apart from a large vertical overload created by high sink speed, carrier-based aircrafts also withstand a huge heading overload due to limited deck length. In order to increase the understanding of these problems, a literature survey was performed. The literature survey discussed improvements to aircraft carriers or auxiliary equipments, landing dynamics and shock absorption methods. The major focus of the paper was to summarize work documented from the previous decades and to highlight the latest efforts in solving these problems, as well as try to highlight a new trail in designs of auxiliary shiplanding device.