Investigation on the Characteristics of a New Structure Brake Distribution Valve
Abstract Brake distribution valve is an important part of aircraft hydraulic systems. TO realize the integra-tion and lightweight design of conventional structure valves, this paper proposed a new type brake distribution valve that uses new structure of pressure reducing unit, overflow unit and embedded shuttle valve instead of the conventional valve structure. The new structure de-creases the weight and volume of the valve; reduces the influence of non-work zone and damping on valve performance; improves the control precision and dynamic performance of the brake distribution valve. Both of numerical simulation and model verification experiments of the entire valve demonstrate that the dynamic performance of the new type valve has been significantly improved on the premise of ensuring linear characteristics. The results of simula-tion show that the response time of the new structure valve is 33% shorter than that of the conventional structure valve in case of step response simulation; in case of sinusoidal re-sponse simulation, the tracking error of the valve reduces by nearly 5%.