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pistonType Complex Type

Piston

Namespace: Empty

Schema: Empty

Base Type
Usages
Children
NameOccurrencesDescription
All All
      Element compressedExternalLength

Length of the piston that remains outside of the main strut in fully compressed state

      Element length

Length of the piston

      Element maxSpringDeflection

Maximum spring deflection of the piston (difference between minimum and maximum deflection)

      Element strutProperties

Strut properties

Attributes
NameTypeRequiredDescription
Attribute externalDataDirectorySimple Type string
Attribute externalDataNodePathSimple Type string
Attribute externalFileNameSimple Type string
Attribute uIDSimple Type IDYes
Remarks

Geometric description and material properties of the landing gear piston. The figure below shows the condition of the uncompressed piston, where the length of the exposed part is the sum of the maxSpringDeflection and the compressedExternalLength:

landingGearPiston