Electromagnetic brakes in electromechanical actuators for aerospace applications

More Electric Aircraft has been a well-known term for a few years now. Key components for the More Electric Aircraft are the electromechanical actuators, these most of time among the other components as electric motors, sensors, mechanical components, etc. have also electromechanical brakes. This paper describes the design process of an electromechanical brake for an aerospace application and the experimental tests done to verify congruency among real electromagnetic forces and those evaluated by Finite Element Analysis.