Aircraft Wheel Life Assessment

Abstract

The important part of wheel life assessment problems is the accurate determination of the tire/wheel interface pressure distribution under various loading conditions. A combined analytical/experimental methodology for obtaining this pressure distribution was developed. The principal analytical tool in this methodology is the finite element program ANTWILL (Analysis of Tire Wheel Interface Loads) which recovers the pressure distribution given a number of experimental strain measurements on the wheel. The major activity consisted of a study of the F-16 Block 30 and the Block 40 main landing gear wheels to determine the optimal number and location of the strain gages for subsequent experiments. Experiments to be conducted will record strains at the specified locations and this data will be used to determine tire/wheel interface pressures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA274378

Entities

People

  • B. F. Spencer Jr.
  • D. J. Kirkner
  • E. E. Schudt
  • S. Kandarpa

Organizations

  • University of Notre Dame

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Creep
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Structural Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.