Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems
Instructor(s)
Description
Covers fundamental design issues, system requirements, and analysis design methodologies for aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Includes design requirements, component description and operation, component and system math modeling, component sizing, system layout rationale, system sizing and airframe integration. Emphasizes the fundamentals and necessary engineering tools (both analytical and otherwise) needed to understand and design aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Practical examples and actual systems are presented and discussed throughout the class. To enhance learning, exercises are worked in class in a team environment.
Target Audience
Designed for system and component level engineers and managers, including airframe, vendor, industry, government and educators involved with aerospace mechanical systems.
Fee Includes
Includes instruction, a course notebook, refreshments and five lunches. The course notes are for participants only and are not for sale.
Attendees should bring a pocket calculator.
Fees: See fee information for individual classes in the registration column on the right side of this page.
Class Time
31.5 hours • 3.15 CEUs
Course Outline
Day One
- Introduction and background, system design methodology, design requirements (customer, business, regulatory, engineering, environmental, software, competition), design implications of requirements, design requirement example, design guides and manuals, testing, open and closed loop systems, system analysis (nonlinear simulations, linear analysis models and nonlinear analysis models)
- Hydraulic fundamentals: fluid properties (density, viscosity, bulk modulus), fluid flow (tubes, orifices, servo), pressure transients in fluid flow, conservation of mass and momentum, basic hydraulic system modeling equations, thermodynamics of hydraulic systems, examples and exercises
Day Two
- Hydraulic components: operation, examples, fundamental equations for each component and component sizing, components include tubes, actuators, servovalves (flapper, jet pipe and motor controlled), metering valves, relief valves, shuttle valves, pumps, motors, check valves and fuses, accumulators, reservoirs, pressure regulation, and flow control, computer aided modeling of hydraulic systems, examples and exercises
Day Three
- Servovalves (flapper, jet pipe and motor controlled)
- Hydraulic system design: basic system configurations, power generation systems, landing gear control, brake systems, flaps/slats, spoilers, steering, thrust reversers, primary flight control, load alleviation, actuation examples (mechanical and electrical)
- Hydraulic system design issues, impact of certification regulations, hydraulic system design methodology and example, failure modes, safety analysis issues and redundancy, integration with mechanical systems
Day Four
- Mechanism fundamentals: building block mechanisms (linkages, bellcranks, overcenter, dwell or lost motion, addition/amplification, yokes, cables, override and disconnects, etc.), four bar linkages, gearing fundamentals, gearing systems including standard/planetary gear trains, power screws, gearing ratios, mechanical advantage, nonlinearities, stiffness, mechanical systems examples, exercises
- Flight control system design: flight control configurations (reversible, irreversible, fly-by-wire), mechanization of flap/slats, flight control system design issues, impact of certification regulations, failure modes (jams, runaways, slow overs), safety analysis issues and redundancy, flight control system design methodology and examples and exercises
Day Five
- Flight control system airframe integration, hydraulic system integration, other aircraft mechanisms: door mechanisms, landing gear, steering systems, throttle, cable systems, etc.
- Extensions to current system design methods: hybrid system modeling, Design of Experiments (DOE), comprehensive testing, sensitivity methods, probabilistic methods, references and resources
Comments from Past Participants
"Mr. Stout presents a tremendous amount of information, sharing with students his vast experience. An excellent course for those who want to have the big picture of hydraulic and flight control systems, but also for people who want to catch all details and look at these systems from different perspectives." — Capt. Giuseppe Scannapieco, Italian Air Force
How You May Benefit
- Learn the fundamentals and enhance overall knowledge of flight control and hydraulic system design
- Improve understanding of component operation, performance characteristics, sizing and modeling
- Understand the governing physical equations for the various components/systems and how they can be utilized to address fundamental design issues
- Gain an appreciation for the issues and requirements associated with aircraft mechanical systems
- Improve knowledge of sensitivity and robust design methods that are applicable to mechanical system design
Dates and Locations
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at 785-864-4758
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Registration Information
Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
Registrations
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1619
Phone
Toll-free 877-404-5823
or 785-864-5823
Fax
785-864-4871
TDD
800-766-3777
E-mail
kuce@ku.edu
