A Research of High-Precision Pressure Regulation Algorithm Based on ON/OFF Valves for Aircraft Braking System

The aircraft braking system is a critical system used to slow down and stop the aircraft. Typically, the aircraft braking system usually uses the electro-hydraulic pressure servo-valve (EHPSV) to regulate the braking pressure of the aircraft. However, the pilot stage of EHPSV which has very precise orifice is easy to be blocked and leads to terrible fault. The ON/OFF valve is robust to oil contamination and has better stability, but it is challenging to achieve high-precision pressure regulation. In order to guarantee the braking efficiency of aircraft, a high-precision pressure regulation algorithm is required. In this study, a algorithm with ON/OFF valve array unit is studied to optimize the pressure regulation performance. The characteristics of the ON/OFF valve under different actuation times and pressures are derived. Based on this characteristics, a novel algorithm which can predict the required number of ON/OFF valves and actuation time obtained by the unknown input state observer. Then the proposed algorithm is validated both by simulations and experiments. The results show that the proposed regulation algorithm in this study can achieve high-precision pressure regulation for aircraft braking application, which the regulation precision is better than 0.2 MPa, and the overshoot is less than 2.5%.