27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-7.4.2

OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING OF FLIGHT CONTROL ACTUATION SYSTEMS FOR POWER ABSORPTION ASSESSMENT

G. Di Rito, E. Denti, R. Galatolo
Univ. of Pisa, Italy

Keywords: aircraft systems, actuators, power absorption, object-oriented modelling

The paper focuses on the design and the simulation of flight control actuation systems via object-oriented modelling. A comparative analysis among three actuator technologies (servo-hydraulic, electro-hydrostatic, electro-mechanical) is performed in the Modelica-Dymola environment, by evaluating the power absorption of an entire flight control actuation system during a sample flight manoeuvre.

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