Conceptual Design of Fully Automated Autobrake System

Abstract

The fast development in Air Transport Industry created concern of the high rate of accidents happening at approach and landing phases, the environmental impact of aircraft pollution, noise and global warming. The high escalating of high cost of fuel, airport congestion added to economical difficulties Industry. The air transport industry is engaged with many researches to find solutions for these problems autolysin the fast development of technology, innovations and new operational technique.. They were solved but not 100%, and with the increase of air transport movement and the number of aircrafts an effective solution should be made. Since a lot of accidents happened in approach and landing phases we studied in this project developing an autobrake system enhance safety improve environmental impact reduces the use of thrust reversal for less fuel consumption. We took a conceder an airbus A320 as a case study a conceptual design made for a fully automatic braking system. We developed the system structure and wrote software program using MATLAB program to test the operation of the system at different aircraft conditions at approach and landing. The system will automatically display to the pilot at approach the best braking force for the best fuel consumption to vacate the runway safely. A runway map is designed to display the best option for the pilot for safe economical options. We found that our system suggested is almost similar to a system being developed by airbus for its aircraft A380. This encourage us to recommend that our system should be refined, designed and implemented and retrofitted in the current aircrafts.A conceptual design has been achieved appreciable benefit for the problems mentioned. The benefits encouraging further studying, developing, implementing and retrofitting.