Aircraft Digital Input Controlled Hydraulic Actuation and Control System.

Abstract

This document reports the development of an incremental digitally-controlled electrohydraulic actuation system (DEHA). An electronic digital controller and a prototype DEHA unit, with an electric-stepper-motor-driven rotary distributor valve, two hydraulic drive motors, and a torque-summing gearbox, were assembled. Significant reductions in the hydraulic power normally required with a conventional geared hydraulic motor system, and some degree of hydraulic power recovery were obtained. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104263

Entities

People

  • Curtiss W. Robinson
  • Eugene T. Raymond

Organizations

  • Boeing Military Aircraft

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Aerodynamic Control Surfaces
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Brushless Dc Motors
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Leading Edge Flaps
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressurization
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems