A Semi-Active Controller for an Aircraft Landing Gear Equipped with Magnetorheological Damper

Abstract:

The magnetorheological (MR) damper is the newest approach to replace the traditional passive damper which cannot change their dynamics in response to different operating conditions of the aircraft landing gear. This paper presents the simulation study of a semi-active controller for a landing gear equipped MR damper. Furthermore, a new method combined skyhook control with force control, called hybrid control, is developed to improve the performance of the MR damper landing gear. Finally, the numerical simulation result of the landing gear using SIMSCAPE-Simulink is discussed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 894)
• Pages: 29-33
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.894.29
• Online since: September 2019
• Authors: Luong Quoc Viet*, Jai Hyuk Hwang
• Keywords: Force Control, Landing Gear, Magneto-Rheological (MR) Damper, SIMSCAPE– Simulink (MATLAB), Skyhook Control

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