Aircraft Nose Wheel Steering Control System

Eaton Corporation, LLC Engineering, 2012-13

Liaison(s): Galen Chui ’05, Mark Abrams, Olavo Jordao
Advisor(s): Ziyad Durón ’81
Students(s): Nash Witkin (TL-S), David Marangoni-Simonsen (TL-Fall), Chet Corcos, Kevin Leyden, Lauren Nishizaki (S), Ray Hurwitz (F)

Aircraft nose wheel steering systems are currently developed for each set of aircraft hardware using a tuning process that can take months due to the precision required by federal regulations. Eaton is interested in developing a methodology for designing and tuning of nonlinear control algorithms that is modular across all aircraft platforms with a simplified tuning process. The team will present their algorithm recommendation, based on analysis and testing results baselined against the current algorithm, and a method to expedite algorithm development.