Aircraft Landing Gear Simulation Using Multidomain Modeling Technology

In order to accurately analyze the performance and influence of landing gear system, this paper presents a high fidelity plant model of an aircraft landing gear to inclusion into a full aircraft flight simulation. The use of domain specific modeling software enables detailed modeling of the physics and facilitates accurate computational simulation of the flight dynamic, aerodynamic, landing gear dynamic and mechanical loads that occur when the landing gear are deployed and retracted during landing and take-off operations. The parameter design space is easily searched by considering a number of different landing scenarios including touching down on one wheel first, to optimize the design. The simulation results show that the aircraft landing gear system mathematical model established appropriately reflects the change of force and moment in the process of taking off and landing, and it is improve the precision of flight simulation.