Landing efficiency control of a six-degree-of-freedom aircraft model with magnetorheological dampers: Part 1—Modeling

This work presents landing efficiency control of a six-degree-of-freedom aircraft model, which has a controllable landing gear system with magnetorheological damper. Due to lengthy contents, this work is divided into two parts. In Part 1, both the kinematic and dynamic equations of the six-degree-of-freedom aircraft model are derived. After determining the principal design parameters of magnetorheological damper based on commercial Beechcraft Baron B55 (passive oleo-strut type) damper, the kinematic equations are derived using the aircraft body coordinate frame and homogeneous coordinates of the reference frame, while the dynamic equations are derived using Euler–Lagrange equation to represent the heave, roll, and pitch motions of the aircraft model. In Part 2, the landing performance based on landing efficiencies is analyzed through the landing motions using various controllers.