Model development of eddy current brakes for Energy Absorbing System

Aircraft Arrester Barrier Systems (AABS) are very important for the purpose of arresting combat aircrafts due to aborted take-off and emergency landings. This system is installed near the end of runways. Energy Absorbing System (EAS) is one of the important subsystems of AABS. There is no control on energy absorption during operation of an aircraft emergency arrestment in conventional EAS. It is highly nonlinear in nature and these are installed as per the capacity of the aircraft. To overcome this problem, we may use the eddy current braking system (ECBS) for the energy absorber. In proposed ECBS, braking torque is high and controllable so that any weight capacity of aircraft can stop. In this paper, the prototype of eddy current brakes has been designed and developed for energy absorbing system of AABS.