During aircraft ground steering,the nose landing gear(NLG)tires of large transport aircraft often experience excessive lateral loads,leading to sideslip.This compromises steering safety and accelerates tire wear.To ad...During aircraft ground steering,the nose landing gear(NLG)tires of large transport aircraft often experience excessive lateral loads,leading to sideslip.This compromises steering safety and accelerates tire wear.To address this issue,the rear landing gear is typically designed to steer in coordination with the nose wheels,reducing sideslip and improving maneuverability.This study examines how structural parameters and weight distribution affect the performance of coordinated steering in landing gear design for large transport aircraft.Using the C-5 transport aircraft as a case study,we develop a multi-wheel ground steering dynamics model,incorporating the main landing gear(MLG)deflection.A ground handling dynamics model is also established to evaluate the benefits of coordinated steering for rear MLG during steering.Additionally,the study analyzes the impact of structural parameters such as stiffness and damping on the steering performance of the C-5.It further investigates the effects of weight distribution,including the center-of-gravity(CG)height,the longitudinal CG position,and the mass asymmetry.Results show that when the C-5 employs coordinated steering for rear MLG,the lateral friction coefficients of the NLG tires decrease by 22%,24%,26%,and 27%.The steering radius is reduced by 29.7%,and the NLG steering moment decreases by 19%,significantly enhancing maneuverability.Therefore,in the design of landing gear for large transport aircraft,coordinated MLG steering,along with optimal structural and CG position parameters,should be primary design objectives.These results provide theoretical guidance for the design of multi-wheel landing gear systems in large transport aircraft.展开更多
This paper describes the development and modeling of a remotely operated scaled multi-wheeled combat vehicle(ROMWCV)using system identification methodology for heading angle tracking.The vehicle was developed at the v...This paper describes the development and modeling of a remotely operated scaled multi-wheeled combat vehicle(ROMWCV)using system identification methodology for heading angle tracking.The vehicle was developed at the vehicle dynamics and crash research(VDCR)Lab at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology(UOIT)to analyze the characteristics of the full-size model.For such vehicles,the development of controllers is considered the most crucial issue.In this paper,the ROMWCV is developed first.An experimental test was carried out to record and analyze the vehicle input/output signals in open loop system,which is considered a multi-input-single-output(MISO)system.Subsequently,a fuzzy logic controller(FLC)was developed for heading angle tracking.The experiments showed that it was feasible to represent the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle using the system identification technique.The estimation and validation results demonstrated that the obtained identified model was able to explain 88.44%of the output variation.In addition,the developed FLC showed a good heading angle tracking.展开更多
One of the main challenges for multi-wheel hub motor driven vehicles is the coordination of individual drivetrains to improve mobility and stability in the steering process.This paper proposes a dual-steering mode bas...One of the main challenges for multi-wheel hub motor driven vehicles is the coordination of individual drivetrains to improve mobility and stability in the steering process.This paper proposes a dual-steering mode based on direct yaw moment control for enhancing vehicle steering ability in complex environ ments.The control system is designed as a hierarchical structure,with a yaw moment decision layer and a driving force distribution layer.In the higher-level layer,the objective optimization function is con-structed to obtain the slip steering ratio,which represents the degree of vehicle slip steering in the dual-steering mode.Ayaw moment controller using active disturbance rejection control theory is designed for continuous yaw rate control.When the actual yaw rate of the vehicle deviates from the reference yaw rate obtained by the vehicle reference model and the slip steering ratio,the yaw moment controller isactuated to determine the yaw moment demand for vehicle steering.In the lower-level layer,there is a torque distribution controller based on distribution rules,which meets the requirement of yaw moment demand without affecting the total longitudinal driving force of the vehicle.For verifying the validity and feasibility of the dual-steering mode,simulations were conducted on the hardware-in-loop real-time simulation platfomm.Additionally,corresponding real vehicle tests were carried out on an eight-wheel prototype vehicle.Test results were generally consistent with the simulation results,thereby demon-strating that the proposed dual-steering mode reduces steering radius and enhances the steering per-formance of the vehicle.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universi-ties(No.NP2022416)the Aeronautical Science Founda-tion of China(No.2022Z029052001).
文摘During aircraft ground steering,the nose landing gear(NLG)tires of large transport aircraft often experience excessive lateral loads,leading to sideslip.This compromises steering safety and accelerates tire wear.To address this issue,the rear landing gear is typically designed to steer in coordination with the nose wheels,reducing sideslip and improving maneuverability.This study examines how structural parameters and weight distribution affect the performance of coordinated steering in landing gear design for large transport aircraft.Using the C-5 transport aircraft as a case study,we develop a multi-wheel ground steering dynamics model,incorporating the main landing gear(MLG)deflection.A ground handling dynamics model is also established to evaluate the benefits of coordinated steering for rear MLG during steering.Additionally,the study analyzes the impact of structural parameters such as stiffness and damping on the steering performance of the C-5.It further investigates the effects of weight distribution,including the center-of-gravity(CG)height,the longitudinal CG position,and the mass asymmetry.Results show that when the C-5 employs coordinated steering for rear MLG,the lateral friction coefficients of the NLG tires decrease by 22%,24%,26%,and 27%.The steering radius is reduced by 29.7%,and the NLG steering moment decreases by 19%,significantly enhancing maneuverability.Therefore,in the design of landing gear for large transport aircraft,coordinated MLG steering,along with optimal structural and CG position parameters,should be primary design objectives.These results provide theoretical guidance for the design of multi-wheel landing gear systems in large transport aircraft.
基金the Egyptian Armed Forces for the financial support extended to the undergraduate and graduate students of the Vehicle Dynamics and Crash Research (VDCR) Laboratory for operating the vehicle during the experimental tests
文摘This paper describes the development and modeling of a remotely operated scaled multi-wheeled combat vehicle(ROMWCV)using system identification methodology for heading angle tracking.The vehicle was developed at the vehicle dynamics and crash research(VDCR)Lab at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology(UOIT)to analyze the characteristics of the full-size model.For such vehicles,the development of controllers is considered the most crucial issue.In this paper,the ROMWCV is developed first.An experimental test was carried out to record and analyze the vehicle input/output signals in open loop system,which is considered a multi-input-single-output(MISO)system.Subsequently,a fuzzy logic controller(FLC)was developed for heading angle tracking.The experiments showed that it was feasible to represent the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle using the system identification technique.The estimation and validation results demonstrated that the obtained identified model was able to explain 88.44%of the output variation.In addition,the developed FLC showed a good heading angle tracking.
基金This work was supported by the Weapons and Equipment Pre-Research Project of China(No.301051102).
文摘One of the main challenges for multi-wheel hub motor driven vehicles is the coordination of individual drivetrains to improve mobility and stability in the steering process.This paper proposes a dual-steering mode based on direct yaw moment control for enhancing vehicle steering ability in complex environ ments.The control system is designed as a hierarchical structure,with a yaw moment decision layer and a driving force distribution layer.In the higher-level layer,the objective optimization function is con-structed to obtain the slip steering ratio,which represents the degree of vehicle slip steering in the dual-steering mode.Ayaw moment controller using active disturbance rejection control theory is designed for continuous yaw rate control.When the actual yaw rate of the vehicle deviates from the reference yaw rate obtained by the vehicle reference model and the slip steering ratio,the yaw moment controller isactuated to determine the yaw moment demand for vehicle steering.In the lower-level layer,there is a torque distribution controller based on distribution rules,which meets the requirement of yaw moment demand without affecting the total longitudinal driving force of the vehicle.For verifying the validity and feasibility of the dual-steering mode,simulations were conducted on the hardware-in-loop real-time simulation platfomm.Additionally,corresponding real vehicle tests were carried out on an eight-wheel prototype vehicle.Test results were generally consistent with the simulation results,thereby demon-strating that the proposed dual-steering mode reduces steering radius and enhances the steering per-formance of the vehicle.
