@ARTICLE{Di_Leo_Romeo_Drop_2014,
 author={Di Leo, Romeo and De Fenza, Angelo and Barile, Marco and Lecce, Leonardo},
 volume={vol. 61},
 number={No 2},
 journal={Archive of Mechanical Engineering},
 pages={287-304},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2014},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building},
 abstract={This work deals with the effectiveness of a multi-body approach for the study of the dynamic behavior of a fixed landing gear, especially the research project concerns the drop tests of the AP.68 TP-300 aircraft. First, the Digital Mock-up of the of landing gear system in a C.A.D. software has been created, then the experimental structural stiffness of the leaf spring has been validated using the FEM tools MSC.Patran/Nastran. Finally, the entire model has been imported in MSC.ADAMS environment and, according to the certifying regulations, several multi-body simulations have been performed varying the heights of fall and the weights of the system. The results have shown a good correlation between numerical and experimental tests, thus demonstrating the potential of a multi-body approach. Future development of the present activity will probably be an application of the methodology, herein validated, to other cases for a more extensive validation of its predictive power and development of virtual certification procedures.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={Drop test simulation for an aircraft landing gear via multi-body approach},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/84886/PDF/06_paper.pdf},
 doi={10.2478/meceng-2014-0017},
 keywords={landing gear, drop test, multi-body, leaf spring, ADAMS},
}