New Concepts in Composite Material Landing Gear for Military Aircraft. Volume I. Technical Discussion.

Abstract

Phase I effort included the selection of the B-1 Nose Gear as the baseline landing gear system and the conceptual design and evaluation of three concepts using composite material hardware. One concept was constrained by form, fit and function, one by fit and function, and the third by function only. The most effective gains in the use of composite material was when design freedom was increased and only the function constraint was used. Phase II effort was redirected as a result of the Phase I results, and the main landing gear for the ATS advanced fighter, which is in the preliminary design stage, was selected as the baseline since it required only the function constraint. The scope of materials studied was increased, and Metal Matrix Composites and Advanced Metallics were studied, as well as Organic Advanced Composites. Designs were made, analyzed, and evaluated for each concept.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058529

Entities

People

  • V. E. Wilson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Programs
  • Landing Gear
  • Manufacturing
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Nose Wheels
  • Spars
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Software Engineering