A Concurrent Design/Analysis Tool for Aircraft Hydraulic Systems 902004
This paper presents the results of an investigation to improve design/analysis techniques for aircraft hydraulic systems. A design/analysis tool was developed by integrating control-surface commands and loads obtained from Aircraft Dynamic Simulator Software (ADSS) with an enhanced version of the HYdraulic TRansient ANalysis (HYTRAN) program. Control-surface commands and loads from an ADSS simulation of a selected maneuver were used as dynamic input to the HYTRAN program so that the hydraulic system response could be predicted throughout the maneuver. Predicted hydraulic system pressures and control-surface positions from the HYTRAN simulation of the maneuver were compared to flight-test data and were found to be in excellent agreement. The successful coalescence of the two independent software programs gives engineers a concurrent design/analysis tool that can be used to optimize hydraulic system designs during the very early stages of design.
Citation: Scoville, R. and Maxwell, M., "A Concurrent Design/Analysis Tool for Aircraft Hydraulic Systems," SAE Technical Paper 902004, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/902004. Download Citation
Author(s):
R. I. Scoville, M. J. Maxwell
Affiliated:
General Dynamics Fort Worth Div.
Pages: 14
Event:
Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advanced Aerospace Hydraulic Systems and Components-SP-0885, SAE Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V99-1
Related Topics:
Hydraulic systems
Aircraft
Simulation and modeling
Optimization
Simulators
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