Design of an Attachment Scheme of a Vehicle to a Typical Fighter Aircraft

Design of an attachment scheme of a flight vehicle to a fighter aircraft is a critical task. Here, flight vehicle is a cylindrical body and it is attached to fighter aircraft with the help of a component called launch lug. Loads experienced by the flight vehicle in captive condition have been estima...

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Published in:Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series C 2019-02, Vol.100 (1), p.239-248
Main Authors: Kumar, Hemant, Sarkar, Arindam, Jain, P. C., Anjaneyulu, P. S. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Aircraft components
Aircraft design
Attachment
Case Study
Cylindrical bodies
Engineering
Fighter aircraft
Flight tests
Flight vehicles
Industrial and Production Engineering
Laboratory tests
Maneuvers
Mechanical Engineering
Military aircraft
Missions
Parameter estimation
Rocket launches
State of the art
Structural integrity
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Summary:Design of an attachment scheme of a flight vehicle to a fighter aircraft is a critical task. Here, flight vehicle is a cylindrical body and it is attached to fighter aircraft with the help of a component called launch lug. Loads experienced by the flight vehicle in captive condition have been estimated by using aircraft parameters obtained during previous missions of similar kind of vehicles. This paper provides state of the art design consideration of the attachment scheme (launch lug and shell assembly) of the flight vehicle to the fighter aircraft. The structural integrity of the flight vehicle and its attachments scheme to the fighter aircraft has been verified at various aircraft manoeuvring conditions in its flight envelope through analysis. Design is verified using laboratory testing and in field trials. Finally this flight vehicle with the attachment scheme was used in flight trials.
ISSN:2250-0545
2250-0553
DOI:10.1007/s40032-017-0432-4