HARD LANDING DETECTION

A method and system for detecting a hard landing or other high load event of an aircraft are disclosed. A heuristic algorithm may be used to estimate loads experienced by the aircraft during landing. The heuristic algorithm may use flight parameters and/or measured sensor information to estimate the...

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Main Authors REUTER, RICHARD J, HAUGSE, ERIC D, AKDENIZ, AYDIN, HAGELIN, JACK S, DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER L, LEPERE, JONATHAN R, ANDERSON, DAVID M, EARLE, DAVID P
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 26.08.2009
Subjects
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL
CONTROLLING
COSMONAUTICS
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS
HELICOPTERS
MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
REGULATING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method and system for detecting a hard landing or other high load event of an aircraft are disclosed. A heuristic algorithm may be used to estimate loads experienced by the aircraft during landing. The heuristic algorithm may use flight parameters and/or measured sensor information to estimate the loads. The heuristic algorithm may be trained by means of analytical loads predictions and/or test measurements. The heuristic algorithm may be updated during operation. This invention may potentially reduce the number of unnecessary structural inspections, and may also limit the scope of any such required inspections.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20070845005