Objective Objectives and content As a key part of the European Aeronautics Industry, the success of European Landing Gear manufacturers is highly dependent upon the development and exploitation of advanced technologies which improve competitiveness and global market share. The growing diversity of technologies demanded to satisfy future performance and commercial requirements can best be addressed by bringing together specific technological expertise in a European research collaboration. The objective of the proposed research is to position the European Landing Gear manufacturers to capture 50% of the potential 12 BECU market for landing gear over the next 20 years. The market drivers are to reduce, by 25%, system weight, first cost and cost of ownership of landing gear systems. To meet these targets, the technical challenges to be addressed are advanced load control systems; carbon fibre composite actuators; new approach for landing gear design. Within the area of advanced load control systems, the benefits of an active shock absorber control system and of new design concepts in multi-wheel configurations of landing gear systems will be determined through practical demonstration and through evaluation of their implications for the whole aircraft assessed through theoretical analysis. An evaluation of power demand and possible optimisation will also be conducted. For carbon fibre composite actuators, the integrity of two design and manufacture processes will be demonstrated and potential further application of composite materials in the design of light weight landing gear structural elements will be investigated. In the new approach for landing gear design, the theoretical models used in ELGAR I will be enhanced to cover all operating modes of the aircraft and to better represent the tyre and aircraft characteristics essential for the prediction of landing gear design loads. An essential element in the new design approach is a statistical definition of aircraft operational characteristics. In the absence of suitable measured data, a general database of operational usage for a selection of in-service aircraft types will be established. This data will also be used to extend the new design approach to fatigue analysis and examine the feasibility of a flexible approach to landing gear maintenance. The Consortium comprises Eurogear EEIG (formed by the major European landing gear manufacturers to facilitate collaborative research) and Airbus Industrie partners together with other organisations having particular technological expertise. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraftsocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaeronautical engineering Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 030103 - Technologies for improved aircraft efficiency Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Eurogear EEIG Address Zone aéronautique louis bréguet 78140 Vélizy-villacoublay France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AEROSPATIALE MATRA SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 316,route de bayonne 31060 Toulouse See on map BRITISH AEROSPACE AIRBUS LTD. GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address New filton house BS99 7AR Bristol - filton See on map CENTRE D'ESSAIS AERONAUTIQUE DE TOULOUSE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue henri guillaumet 23 31056 Toulouse See on map COMPANIA ESPANOLA DE SISTEMAS AERONAUTICOS SA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address S/n,paseo de john lennon s/n 28906 Madrid See on map Cranfield University GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address MK43 0AL Cranfield See on map Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV (DLR) Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Münchnerstraße 20 82234 Weßling See on map Messier-Bugatti SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 78141 Vélizy-villacoublay See on map STIRLING DYNAMICS LTD. GB EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2 tyndall's park road BS8 1PG Bristol, clifton See on map Université de Liège Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 21,rue ernest solvay 4000 Liège See on map
