Thermal Management of Electromechanical Machines for Aerospace Systems

Abstract

In making the transition towards electric aircraft, electro-mechanical actuators (EMAs) have been used to move the flight control surfaces. This has numerous advantages such as (a) reduction in weight and volume of power transmission; (b) reliability and safety improvement; (c) less maintenance and lower operating costs; (d) better dynamic characteristics; and (e) higher energy efficiency. An EMA contains four main parts: electric motor, electronic box, gearbox, and drive train.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1195787

Entities

People

  • Augustine A. Kwarteng
  • John P. Kizito
  • Jose J. Jr Corona
  • Kamal A. Kaddoura
  • Louis Chow
  • Mohamed Elsayed
  • Osama Mesalhy
  • Yeong-ren Lin

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Modeling
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Surface Tension
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster