Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications

Papini, L.; Connor, P.; Patel, C.; Empringham, L.; Gerada, C.; Wheeler, P.

Abstract

Electromechanical actuators are gaining interest in the aerospace industry within the More Electrical Aircraft (MEA) architecture. The end-goal of fully electric aircraft includes Electromechanical actuation for flight control systems. The design and testing of a flight control system for helicopter swash-plate is presented in this work. The mechanical system is driven by electrical machines and controlled by dedicated power electronics, both of which fit challenging space requirements and environmental conditions. The predicted performances are validated by experimental testing of prototypes.

Citation

Papini, L., Connor, P., Patel, C., Empringham, L., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2018, January). Design and testing of electromechanical actuator for aerospace applications. Presented at 2018 25th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Optimization in Control of Electric Drives (IWED), Moscow, Russia

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 2018 25th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Optimization in Control of Electric Drives (IWED)
• Start Date: Jan 31, 2018
• End Date: Feb 2, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Dec 6, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 22, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 16, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 17, 2018
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Pages: 1-6
• Book Title: 2018 25th International Workshop on Electric Drives: Optimization in Control of Electric Drives (IWED2018) - Proceedings
• Chapter Number: 42
• ISBN: 978-1-5386-1201-9
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IWED.2018.8321392
• Keywords: More electric aircraft; Fault tolerant; Permanent magnet machine; Electro-mechanical actuator
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1036053
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8321392/
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• Contract Date: Aug 16, 2018