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Abstract

A method of managing the lifetime of a stack of disks of an aircraft brake having at least one braking actuator including a pusher adapted to press selectively against the stack of disks in order to generate a braking force for an associated wheel, the method comprising the following steps, for a given flight of the aircraft:

actuating the actuator to cause the pusher to come into contact with the stack of disks;deducing therefrom a stroke of the actuator, and by taking the difference with a nominal stroke stored in memory corresponding to the stack of disks when new, deducing a current level of wear (U) for the stack of disks;from the current level of wear and from the number of flights (N) flown since the new stack of disks was mounted, using an extrapolation method to estimate a potential number of flights (ΔN) before the stack of disks reaches a maximum acceptable level of wear (Umax).

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