The paper presents CAE MBS analysis of aircraft front landing gear behaviour in unusual situations that can be caused by unpredictable obstacles. Numerical tools were applied, because real investigations can be relatively expensive and dangerous. One of unusual maintenance condition assumed increasing of the aircraft vertical velocity, caused by a loss of uplift forces (result of decreasing the horizontal velocity to shorten the airfield length needed to dissipate aircraft energy). The other analyzed maintenance condition assumed the aircraft landing with horizontal velocity, increased of a large percentage in comparison with its maximum value allowed by the aircraft manufacturer. Simulation also provided the gear dynamics analysis while crossing over obstacles placed on slightly damaged or makeshift airfield. During CAE tests, Lagrange spring/dumper elements used to simulate the behavior of deformable tyre and shock absorber oil-gas mixture. Simulations proved that increasing the vertical velocity of 25% and the horizontal one of 15% is safe for the aircraft and it can operate on damaged airfields. Investigations proved that aircraft maintenance conditions might be safely expanded, in comparison with its manufacturer suggestions. It enables the manufacturer to look for new and aircraft-safe applications that require special landing capabilities: Special Team Transport or Medical Evacuation.
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