ADDITIONAL SIMULATION STUDIES OF SEAPLANE RESPONSES IN REGULAR AND RANDOM WAVES,

Abstract

A previous simulation of a seaplane-sea system in three degrees of freedom for takeoff and landing analysis (see AD-648 848) was reconstructed in several models at the new Convair Hybrid Computer Complex. Considerable improvement over previous results was obtained. The final hydrodynamic model is finally fitted with two airframes, and each model is then operated in random waves of two intensities. It is shown that the STOL model reduces takeoff distances and maximum vertical accelerations in sea state 4 (significant wave height of 6 feet) by more than 80 percent. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673323

Entities

People

  • R. M. Hopkins

Organizations

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Computers
  • Control Simulators
  • Hybrid Computers
  • Intensity
  • Landing Gear
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Seaplanes
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics