The currently accepted rules that are applied to the aircraft cable-control systems’ operational use are based on the reactive maintenance idea and the comparative tests, inspections, and diagnostics performed at the mandatory intervals. Fatigue tests of the aviation cables are commonly conducted by bending in the range of ± 90° with constant load. Aircraft cable-control systems are subject to a number of random loads and deformations. Additionally, forces and their values are modified by the wear and tear of cable-pulley raceways, elastic deformations, and changes caused by temperature. The actual values of tension of aviation cable-control systems are relatively low, and bending usually does not exceed the maximum of ± 35°. Moreover, the forces characteristic of the control cables are nonlinear functions of the control surface deflection. This means that the typical fatigue tests we employ help with only comparative estimations and acceptance tests. It is not possible to estimate the operational durability of the systems and forecast inspections and diagnoses intervals based on the mentioned results. The present article utilizes the operational profiles of selected aircraft categories to determine the stochastic load-related deflection spectra for the preparation of cable fatigue-testing programs. Operation profiles are built considering a group of aircraft belonging to the same category, performing similar missions, for example, training missions, photogrammetric missions, aircraft towing, e.q., and having a similar share in the total resource. The special stands for the selected cable fatigue tests have been proposed. The cable test stand ensures the real stochastic loads for the cable use and other actual conditions of load. The proposed stand enables the simultaneous testing of more than one cable at different deformation parameters, for example, wrap angles. The results of the proposed method and tests can be used to estimate the operational durability of aviation-control systems as well as for inspection and diagnosis intervals as well.


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    Title :

    Some Comments Concerning the Preparation of and Fatigue Testing of the Aircraft’s Cable-Control System


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    Publication date :

    2024




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


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