A Simplified Flexible Multibody Dynamics for a Main Landing Gear with Flexible Leaf Spring

Table 1

Layer parameters.

Parameters	Materials
	Carbon cloth	Glass fibre	Glass prepreg
Thickness (mm)	0.2	0.2	0.2
Young’s modulus 𝐸𝑥 (Gpa)	57–66	17–20	42–52
Young’s modulus 𝐸𝑦 (Gpa)	57–66	17–20	8–10
Young’s modulus 𝐸𝑧 (Gpa)	8–10	8–10	8–10
Shear modulus 𝐺 (Gpa)	4.8	4	3.5
Poisson’s parameters	0.3	0.3	0.3
Destiny (g/cm^3)	1.6	2	2