The paper describes research into electromechanical actuation systems for the flight control surfaces of large civil aircraft. To this end, two electrical drive technologies, viz brushless permanent magnet and switched reluctance, are investigated and compared.
Comparison of electrical drive technologies for aircraft flight control surface actuation
1999-01-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
electrical drive technologies , aircraft flight control surface actuation , brushless machines , reluctance motor drives , aircraft control , electric actuators , brushless permanent magnet drive , switched reluctance drive , fault tolerance , electromechanical actuation systems , civil aircraft , permanent magnet motors
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