Dualchannel Fuel Control Program.

Abstract

This report presents the results of a program conducted by Garrett to investigate a dual-channel fuel control for gas turbine engines which could be used in military ground vehicles. The program presents a control system with requirements that are deemed necessary to provide a military gas turbine-powered vehicle with battlefield survivability and minimal restriction on the capability of completing the vehicle mission. This study showed that a parallel dissimilar technology backup control was the desirable approach and that fluidics was the ideal technology to perform this function due to its low cost, reliability, immunity to radiation, and ability to perform computation and logic commensurate with the requirements of achieving mission completion with no degradation in the vehicle's battlefield survivability. (author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109715

Entities

People

  • John Goto
  • John Itamoto

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Control Systems
  • Converters
  • Damage Detection
  • Detection
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fluid Control
  • Fluidic Amplifiers
  • Fluidic Devices
  • Fluidics
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • Military Research
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.