actuatorAttachmentType

complexType · extension complexBaseType · all

Place of an actuator between the wing and the control surface

etaControlSurface gives the spanwise position of the actuator on the control surface, parentAttachment its joint on the wing (actuatorParentAttachmentType) and controlSurfaceAttachment its joint on the control surface (actuatorControlSurfaceAttachmentType).

Section of a wing with a flap and the actuator that drives it, drawn from its attachment on the wing at parentXsi 0.66 and parentHeight 0.45 to its attachment on the flap at parentXsi 0.3 and parentHeight 0.5

The figure shows the actuator of a flap between its two joints.

Attributes

NameTypeConstraintsUseDefaultDescription
@externalDataDirectoryxsd:stringoptionalDirectory of the external data file
@externalDataNodePathxsd:stringoptionalPath of the node inside the external data file
@externalFileNamexsd:stringoptionalName of the external data file

Child elements

NameTypeConstraintsOccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.DefaultDescription
allThe children below may appear in any order. Each may appear at most once.
etaControlSurfacedoubleBaseType[1..1] requiredRelative spanwise position of the actuator on the control surface
parentAttachmentactuatorParentAttachmentType[1..1] requiredJoint of the actuator on the wing
controlSurfaceAttachmentactuatorControlSurfaceAttachmentType[1..1] requiredJoint of the actuator on the control surface

Used by

In a dataset · 9 paths

In the schema · 1 declaration

TypeName
controlSurfaceActuatorTypeattachment