A fault tolerant electric drive for an aircraft nose wheel steering actuator

IET Conference Publications

Volumn 2010, Issue 563 CP, 2010, Pages

  Bennett, J W ^a   Mecrow, B C ^a   Atkinson, D J ^a   Maxwell, C ^b   Benarous, M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Goodrich Actuation Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Drive; Fault tolerant; Steering

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; ELECTRICAL FAULTS; FAULT-TOLERANT; HYDRAULIC TESTS; LOAD SHARING; MOTOR CONTROLLERS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; THREE PHASE MOTOR; WHEEL STEERING;

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; RAILROAD CARS; WHEELS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77956079152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp.2010.0169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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