DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED GUST LOAD CRITERIA FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT

Abstract

Gust loads criteria were developed which represent a considerable improvement over the current discrete gust criteria. These new criteria are based on the strength level of previously successful aircraft, and result from a probabilistic assessment of expected gust loads. To supplement the probabilistic criteria, an arbitrary criterion for limit design gust velocity is presented. The analyses to be used in conjunction with the new criteria are based on the continuous turbulence concept which allows the realistic determination of aircraft loads in atmospheric turbulence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0662598

Entities

People

  • William H. Austin Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Aircraft
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Frequency Response
  • Governments
  • Gust Loads
  • Gusts
  • Low Altitude
  • Military Aircraft
  • Power Spectra
  • Systems Engineering
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.