THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE ROLLING RESPONSE OF AIRCRAFT TO TURBULENT AIR

Abstract

A method is presented for assessing the lateral responses of aircraft to continuous turbulence. The method is applied to the study of rolling behaviour in turbulent air of a range of aircraft configurations. It is shown that it is essential to include the pilot's control in this study. Estimates are given of the aileron angle required to stabilize the aircraft in turbulent air and the effects of forward speed and aircraft size, and two simple autostabilization systems are briefly investigated. A comparison is made between the continuous turbulence and discrete gust approaches. It is pointed out that there is an absolute lack of experimental data against which to check the theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0445599

Entities

People

  • J. K. Zbrozek

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Frequency
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Low Altitude
  • Mathematical Models
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Level
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Transfer Functions
  • United States
  • Very Low Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Control Systems Engineering.