DESIGN & ANALYSIS OF

LANDING GEAR FOR A LIGHT

WEIGHT AIRCRAFT OR SMALL
SIZED UAV
Divya Sanghi DTU/2K12/ME/069
Kaza Amulya DTU/2K12/ME/081
CONTENTS
Literature Review of Research Papers and
books consulted
GAPS
Objectives of the Project
Research/Work Done
Conclusion

Literature Review


Light Aircraft Main Landing Gear Design and
Development
Amit Goyal
M.S. Ramaiah, School of Advanced Studies, INDIA.

1. Discussed Basics Landing Gear Loads
2. Discussion about effective Landing Gear Design
3. Structural Analysis of MLG on ANSYS

Chapter on Landing Gear Design
In Aerodynamics Design by Raymer
1. Talks about Landing Gear design in detail
2. Talks about Aerodynamics Loads

The development of composite landing
gear components for aerospace
applications
Talks about the use of Composite Constructed Landing
Gear
Discusses Carbon Fiber Composite Application in Aviation
Industry
GAPS

No single paper combining both the design and analysis
of a complete Landing Gear
No design analysis for Landing gear in small class
aircrafts
Comparison b/w different types of Composite, Number of
Layers etc for Landing gear construction not done

Objectives
Design of the Landing Gear for small sized aircrafts and
UAVs
Location of Main Landing Gear & Nose Gear
Load Analysis and Calculation
Tire Selection
Structural Analysis of Main Landing Gear on a simulation
software like ANSYS or ABACUS
Comparison if conventional materials with different types
of composites
To determine an effective design and suitable material
for the landing gear

Work Done

Learning of basics of simulation software ANSYS
Basics Study on Landing Gear Design
Modeling and analysis of CF landing Gear on ANSYS

Nodal Solution
Conclusion

A detailed design study on Landing Gear location, Load
analysis to be done
A better modeled and meshed Landing gear analysis still
to achieve
Comparison between different materials for landing gear
to be achieved