Dynamic Response of the OV-1A Aircraft to Soft Field Landings

Abstract

The report presents the ground loads measured on an instrumented OV-1 airplane during landings on smooth and rough fields. Test results for three landings are compared with the results of dynamic loads computations performed on a digital computer. The computing program is also used to calculate the loads which would have been obtained by landings and rollouts on the roughest portions of two fields whose contours were measured. Failing loads were obtained on one field only. The equations of motion for the computer program are presented. Recommendations are made for future investigations that will improve the analytical procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0737752

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  • William T. Alexander

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  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Computer Programs
  • Crash Landings
  • Doppler Effect
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Dynamic Response
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Field Tests
  • Landing Gear
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Nose Wheels
  • United States

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  • Physics

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