Landing gear is a critical subsystem of aircraft that must meet challenges of low weight and volume and high performance while withstanding high loads during landing. The document discusses the design and development process for landing gear, including concept design, preliminary design, detailed design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing. Advanced technologies help address challenges through tools for analysis, simulation, and digital prototyping and use of advanced materials.
1. Abstract
Landing gear is one of the critical subsystems of an aircraft. The need to design
landing gear with minimum weight, minimum volume, high performance,
improved life and reduced life cycle cost have posed many challenges to landing
gear designers and practitioners. Further it is essential to reduce the landing gear
design and development cycle time while meeting all the regulatory and safety
requirements. Many technologies have been developed over the years to meet
these challenges in design and development of landing gear. This paper presents
a perspective on various stages of landing gear design and development, current
technology landscape and how these technologies are helping us to meet the
challenges involved in the development of landing gear and how they are going to
evolve in future.
- Divakaran V. N., Ravi Kumar G. V. V. and Srinivasa Rao P.
Aircraft Landing Gear Design & Development-
How Advanced Technologies are helping to meet the challenges?
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