@inbook{54004b5011ed4f3f88c38f9fc04f7b4e,
title = "Bifurcation-based shimmy analysis of landing gears using flexible multibody models",
abstract = "Shimmy oscillations are undesired vibrations in aircraft landing gears. In this chapter, the onset of shimmy vibrations, marked by Hopf bifurcations, is investigated in the parameter space of high-fidelity, flexible multibody landing gear models. Such a bifurcation analysis is performed by combining the Virtual.Lab Motion multibody solver with the numerical continuation software AUTO. The resulting quasi-2-parameter bifurcation diagrams, involving aircraft velocity and normal load, are verified using conventional time-simulation methods and are shown to be computationally more efficient. A sensitivity study reveals the influence of design parameters, such as the shimmy damping coefficient, mechanical trail, and steering actuator stiffness, on the occurrence of shimmy.",
keywords = "Bifurcation analysis, Flexible multibody dynamics, Shimmy, Landing gear dynamics",
author = "Camiel Beckers and {\"O}ng{\"u}t, {A. Emre} and G. Verbeek and Rob Fey and Yves Lemmens and {van de Wouw}, Nathan",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-13317-7_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-13316-0",
series = "Mechanisms and Machine Science",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "261--291",
editor = "Jauregui, {Juan Carlos}",
booktitle = "Nonlinear Structural Dynamics and Damping",
address = "Singapore",
}