Davide Cavallotti
Modeling of a Distributed Electromechanical Flap Actuation System and Development of an Asymmetry Monitoring Logic.
Rel. Matteo Davide Lorenzo Dalla Vedova, Matteo Bertone, Alessandro Aimasso, Paolo Maggiore. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2025
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Abstract
High-lift control devices, such as trailing-edge flaps, serve an important role in any kind of aircraft mission profile, despite their duty cycle constituting only a small portion of the whole flight. The phases that usually require their deployment are take-off and approach and landing, during which the aircraft operates at low altitudes and reduced airspeeds. Therefore any failure in their operation that may affect maneuverability and controllability should be avoided, since it might cause a catastrophic event. The most concerning failure condition in the actuation of the flaps is an asymmetric deployment, as it generates a rolling moment that the autopilot has to compensate for by engaging the ailerons.
This corrective action reduces the remaining available travel of the ailerons in the direction they are deflected hence their further operability is limited, and if the asymmetry in the actuation of the flaps is not stopped or mitigated in any way, the aircraft will lose the ability to be controlled and will very likely incur in a catastrophic event
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