Design of an SRM-based actuator for high-performance steering vane control on the landing craft air cushion (LCAC) hovercraft

Author

Han, Jifeng ; Zhou, Xiaolin ; Von Jouanne, Annette ; Wallace, Alan ; Marckx, Dallas ; Hjelmeland, Greg

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1598

Abstract

This work presents a switched reluctance motor (SRM) based actuator for use on the landing craft air cushion (LCAC), to replace the existing hydraulic systems that control the steering vanes. The proposed SRM-based actuator enables the reduction of complexity, weight, and maintenance associated with conventional hydraulic systems. The proposed actuator consists of an SRM and a high-efficiency screw with suitable mechanical advantage. A preliminary SRM is designed by an analytical method, and then verified with an SRM design package - the switched reluctance design and simulation (SRDaS) program. A proof-of-concept demonstration has been developed to show the basic functionality of the proposed SRM-based actuator. Future work includes realizing the full-scale system.

Keywords

aircraft control; design engineering; electric actuators; hovercraft; reluctance motors; SRM; SRM design package; actuator; analytical method; full-scale system; high-efficiency screw; high-performance steering vane control; hydraulic systems; landing craft air cushion hovercraft; simulation program; switched reluctance design; switched reluctance motor; Analytical models; Blades; Control systems; Fasteners; Hydraulic actuators; Hydraulic systems; Power generation; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Rotors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2004. 39th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2004 IEEE

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8486-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2004.1348684

Filename

1348684