Software Package on Integrated Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling and Field Oriented Control (FOC) of Permanent Magnet (PM) Motor for High Performance Electromechanical Actuators (EMAs)

Abstract

The development of all-electric aircraft is a high priority in the avionics community. Current aircraft use a combination of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electric systems for flight control. However, the expectation for future airplanes is a single, electric system using electromechanical actuators (EMAs). Such a system would reduce the cost to build, operate, and maintain aircraft. It would also make aircraft lighter, more reliable, safer, and more easily reconfigurable, reducing the turnaround for new technology. One of the greatest hurdles to replacing all hydraulic actuators with EMAs is heat generation, a consequence of the absence of cooling hydraulic fluid. Accurately quantifying the heat generated is complicated by the highly transient and localized nature of the power demands of an EMA's motor, an especially significant issue in aircraft. Thus, accurate modeling must be dynamic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA536157

Entities

People

  • David Woodburn
  • Jared Bindl
  • Lei Zhou
  • Louis Chow
  • Quinn Leland
  • Thomas X. Wu
  • Wendell Brokaw
  • Yang Hu

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Direct Current
  • Energy Conversion
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Induction Motors
  • Mission Profiles
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Permanent Magnets
  • Systems Engineering
  • Thermal Resistance

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems