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However, RLVs are limited to being used under simple landing conditions (small landing velocity and angle) due to their poor adaptability and the high rocket acceleration of current landing systems. In this paper, an adaptive RLV landing system with semi-active control is proposed. The proposed landing system can adjust the damping forces of primary strut dampers through semi-actively controlled currents in accordance with practical landing conditions. A landing dynamic model of the proposed landing system is built. According to the dynamic model, an light and effective RLV landing system is parametrically designed based on the response surface methodology. Dynamic simulations validate the proposed landing system under landing conditions including the highest rocket acceleration and the greatest damper compressions. The simulation results show that the proposed landing system with semi-active control has better landing performance than current landing systems that use passive liquid or liquid\u2013honeycomb dampers. Additionally, the flexibility and friction of the structure are discussed in the simulations. Compared to rigid models, flexible models decrease rocket acceleration by 51% and 54% at the touch down moments under these two landing conditions, respectively. The friction increases rocket acceleration by less than 1%. However, both flexibility and friction have little influence on the distance between the rocket and ground, or the compression strokes of the dampers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym12091572","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,24]],"date-time":"2020-09-24T03:03:39Z","timestamp":1600916619000},"page":"1572","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Parameterized Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing System with Semi-Active Control"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9717-9216","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chen","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Exploration Mechanism of the Deep Space Planet Surface, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211100, China"}]},{"given":"Jinbao","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Exploration Mechanism of the Deep Space Planet Surface, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211100, China"}]},{"given":"Shan","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Exploration Mechanism of the Deep Space Planet Surface, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211100, China"}]},{"given":"Heng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Field Engineering College, Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing 210001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Wang, Z.G., Luo, S.B., and Wu, J.J. 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