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Landing gear
About: Landing gear is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3403 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25370 citations. The topic is also known as: landing gear & gear.
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03 May 1989
TL;DR: A self-contained shortening and folding apparatus for retracting aircraft front landing gear is described in this article, thereby conserving space within the storage bay. But the folding mechanism is limited to a single aircraft.
Abstract: A self-contained shortening and folding apparatus for retracting aircraft front landing gear, thereby conserving space within the storage bay.
23 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide insight into the touchdown system of the Rosetta lander, the characteristics of the used test facility, its weight offloading operating mode, and the specific application to a small-body landing test.
Abstract: The comet lander Philae (as part of Europe’s Rosetta mission) is en route to its target, 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. With landing operations coming up at the end of 2014, a partial retesting of the Philae lander’s touchdown system was carried out in spring of 2013. Intensive testing was performed as part of Philae’s design and verification program approximately 10 years ago. However, the new test series specifically addresses touchdown conditions that have been out of capability of the pendulum test facility used at those times. Thus, the follow-up tests focus on touchdown conditions such as asymmetric loads, effects from terrain undulation, and the effect of granular soil mechanics, which could not be studied sufficiently in the original tests. This paper provides insight into the touchdown system of the Philae lander, the characteristics of the used test facility, its weight offloading operating mode, and the specific application to a small-body landing test. The results of the study are presented and d...
23 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the flow field related to two types of low-noise fairings for noise from tire-axle region of a two-wheel main landing gear.
23 citations
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect on landing gear design of trends to use the latest materials, particularly ultra-high-tensile steels, also test methods to confirm stress analysis calculations and flight-by-flight fatigue testing.
Abstract: This paper discusses design requirements and the compatability of shock absorbers to satisfy the performance required. The effect on landing gear design of trends to use the latest materials, particularly ultra-high-tensile steels, also test methods to confirm stress analysis calculations and flight-by-flight fatigue testing.
23 citations