Magneto-Rheological Fluid Device as Artificial Feel Force System on Aircraft Control Stick

<p>The conventional feel system in any aircraft occupies large space in the cockpit and has complicated designs. The primary objective of this research is to develop an artificial feel force system that can overcome some drawbacks of the current feel force system. A novel feel system using magneto-rheological (MR) fluid is constructed to precisely control the shear stress under the magnetic field. To validate the functionality of the MR artificial feel system, the final system is fabricated and multiple tests are performed to acquire force-velocity characteristics that are compared to the mathematical model derived. In addition, the reference model of the force feedback control is simulated for the feel force application. Both experimental and simulation results are compared to validate the derived system model. The system response time and the sampling rates are evaluated and compared to the conventional system at the end. It is concluded from the research that the developed artificial feel system can precisely control and acts as a fail proof system when incorporated with a modern fly-by-wire aircraft system.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aerospace Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Manoharan, Vignesh

• magneto-rheological
• aircraft control
• Aerospace Engineering
• Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/edt/225

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:edt-1224