A bifurcation study to guide the design of a landing gear with a combined uplock/downlock mechanism
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 93707551
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1098/rspa.2014.0332
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Article number
- 20140332
- First page
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- Volume
- 470
- Issue
- 2172
- ISSN
- 1364-5021
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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B - Dynamics and Control
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- An original approach to the design of mechanisms with significant nonlinearity is presented and applied to an aircraft nose landing gear with novel combined uplock/downlock mechanism. Transitions between locked and unlocked states allow critical points to be traced, identifying operational boundaries quicker than traditional mechanism analysis. It yielded new insight, unavailable from standard methods, e.g. showing that the usual landing gear position indication should be replaced by an unlock force measure. Funding was via an Airbus ICASE award . Outcomes were adopted in a subsequent PhD with BAE Systems for inceptor mechanism modelling and inspired follow-on research (DOI 10.3390/app9245278).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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