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Monitoring of aircraft landing gear structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2016

R. K. Schmidt
R. K. Schmidt*
Affiliation:
Messier-Dowty, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
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Abstract

Landing gear structure is developed predominantly using safe life design criteria. Health monitoring and structural prognosis techniques for landing gear cannot focus on crack detection; techniques for determining input loads and calculating damage or methods for directly measuring material damage must be employed. This paper will discuss Messier-Dowty’s research into structural monitoring over the past several years. Principally, direct damage detection systems and load monitoring systems will be discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 112 , Issue 1131 , May 2008 , pp. 275 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2008 

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