MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND ANALOG SIMULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE GUST VELOCITIES

Abstract

A mathematical procedure is suggested which helps explain many results observed in power spectral density studies of atmospheric turbulence phenomena. On the basis of empirical evidence, random processes associated with gust velocitie are assumed to have continuous autocorrelation functions of a simple or slightly modified damped exponential-cosine form. Consequences of this assumption are explored. A mechanization is developed to generate on an analog computer various input gust velocity power spectra. Significant engineering results can thus be obtained on the expected operation of existing or proposed physical systems. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0263960

Entities

People

  • Julius S. Bendat

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Autocorrelation
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Engineering
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanization
  • Power Spectra
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Spectra
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Engineering