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METHOD OF MANAGING A TURNING MOVEMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT TAXIING ON THE GROUND

  • US 20110276226A1
  • Filed: 05/03/2011
  • Published: 11/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A management method for managing a turning movement of an aircraft taxiing on the ground, the aircraft having wheels each fitted with an independent drive device, in which method commands are generated for the independent drive devices so that at least some of those devices contribute to the turning movement, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

  • estimating at each instant during the turning movement;

    an instantaneous total power developed by all of the independent drive devices in response to the commands; and

    an instantaneous mean angular acceleration for all of the wheels; and

    adapting the commands to the independent drive devices such that the total instantaneous power developed by all of the independent drive devices is minimized, while conserving the mean angular acceleration.

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