Self-Induced Fault of a Hydraulic Servo Valve A Possible Cause for Hidden Malfunction of Aircraft's Systems /

• Main Author: Seung, Taehun (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Machinery.; Fluid mechanics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

This report describes recent trouble-shooting results in aircraft engineering concerning a self-induced fault mechanism of a hydraulic servo-valve. It presents a possible root cause for past aircraft accidents and as such helps to avoid such malfunction and its fatal consequences in the future.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Topics and arrangement of this report
• Occasion for investigation, brief description of the occurrence
• Appraisal and fundamental contemplation for a pressure controlling servo valve
• Existence of a self-induced fault of a two stage servo valve - Hypothesis
• Experimental investigation - Test execution and results
• Reconstruction of the entire fault working mechanism - interim conclusion
• Additional reflections / Supplementation of contemplation
• Conclusion.