Aerospace Actuators 1 – 2nd edition

Description

This three-volume series examines aerospace actuators from a systems perspective centered on requirements and architectures. Beyond presenting key concepts and their implementation, it places particular emphasis on technological imperfections, reliability and orders of magnitude.

This revised and expanded version of Aerospace Actuators 1 introduces general considerations related to requirements, regulatory constraints, applications and reliability. It then explores hydraulically powered actuators, reviewing in sequence general concepts, the role of hydraulic fluid as an energy transfer medium and its conditioning, and the functions of conversion, metering and power management, along with system integration. The examples cover flight control systems, landing gear and engines in aircraft, helicopters and launch vehicles across commercial, civil and military applications.

This second edition includes numerous additions, along with new examples, figures, tables, orders of magnitude and references.

Contents

1. General Considerations.
2. Reliability.
3. General Concepts for Hydraulic Power Solutions.
4. Hydraulic Fluid and Its Conditioning.
5. Hydromechanical Power Transformation.
6. Power Metering in Hydraulics.
7. Power Distribution and Management in Hydraulics.
8. Architectures and Geometric Integration.

About the authors/editors

Jean-Charles Maré is Professor Emeritus at Institut Clément Ader, Toulouse, France. His teaching, covering both initial and continuing education, focuses on aerospace actuation systems. His research, often conducted in collaboration with industry, addresses system architectures, preliminary design and virtual prototyping of onboard actuation systems.

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• Systems and Industrial Engineering