FEASIBILITY OF A MATHEMATICAL/STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE TO ESTIMATE MAXIMUM AEROSPACE VEHICLE RESPONSE TO WIND.

Abstract

The feasibility of a mathematical/statistical technique for determining the distribution of maximum aerospace vehicle structural and control response from the more advanced presentations of upper-wind climatology (means, standard deviations, and inter-level correlation matrices of orthogonal wind components at equally spaced levels) is investigated. It is concluded that the development of such a technique is feasible but not without some problem areas. The steps of development of such a technique appear to be as follows: First, the development of a reasonable linear system of differential equations that is equivalent (in a special sense) to the dynamical equations of motion and response of the vehicle. Second, the establishment of the relation of response statistics of the vehicle to the wind statistics by means of the preceding differential equations. Third, from the statistics of vehicle response, to determine the statistics of the maximum vehicle response. Some preliminary results in several of the important areas are outlined. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617352

Entities

People

  • C. Eugene Buell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Data Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Information Science
  • Linear Systems
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers