Abstract
The E-LISA research project, under way within the Clean Sky 2 framework, has the objective of developing an innovative iron bird dedicated to executing tests on the landing gear of a small aircraft transport equipped with an electro-mechanical landing gear and electrical brake. Such tests include the simulation of complete landing procedures under different operating conditions such as runway friction, presence of periodical defects along the runway, variable aircraft weight, and approach speed. To this end, the iron bird requires novel solutions in both its architecture and its control scheme. This paper details an innovative solution that is being implemented in the E-LISA iron bird to enable the execution of tests on a landing gear, reproducing the effects of any type of runway irregularity. First, the rig architecture is presented in detail, with particular care toward the hybrid position/force control system that manages its operations. Then, a simulation model is introduced with the objective of verifying the control system stability and the test rig capability to reproduce on the test articles the effects produced on the landing gear leg of periodical runway irregularities. Simulations results are presented, highlighting the stability of the proposed control scheme and providing a preliminary assessment of the system performances.
Highlights
The E-LISA research project, under way within the Clean Sky 2 framework, has the objective of developing an innovative iron bird dedicated to executing tests on the landing gear of a small aircraft transport equipped with an electro-mechanical landing gear and electrical brake
The E-LISA iron bird consists of a multi-functional intelligent test facility integrating hardware and software, allowing all the tests and analyses perceived as fundamental to be performed to demonstrate the maturity of an electro-mechanical landing gear, paving the way for its implementation in a small passenger aircraft and will include prognostics and health management (PHM) functionalities for the electrical brake system
The E-LISA iron bird has been designed with the double purpose of fulfilling the certification procedures for a new, fully electrical landing gear system and act as a technological demonstrator for prognostic techniques developed for a few key components
Summary
The E-LISA research project, under way within the Clean Sky 2 framework, has the objective of developing an innovative iron bird dedicated to executing tests on the landing gear of a small aircraft transport equipped with an electro-mechanical landing gear and electrical brake. The E-LISA iron bird consists of a multi-functional intelligent test facility integrating hardware and software, allowing all the tests and analyses perceived as fundamental to be performed to demonstrate the maturity of an electro-mechanical landing gear, paving the way for its implementation in a small passenger aircraft and will include prognostics and health management (PHM) functionalities for the electrical brake system Such tests include the simulation of complete landing procedures under different operating conditions such as runway friction (wet/dry), presence of waving and irregularities along the runway, variable aircraft weight, and approach speed. The expected performances were compared against these requirements with nominal and increased aircraft weight, leading to the preliminary assessment of the test-bench capabilities
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