Extreme Wind Speeds, Gustiness, and Variations with Height for MIL-STD- 210B

Abstract

MIL-STD-210A, 'Climatic Extremes for Military Equipment', is being revised. The revision will include two sets of windspeed design goals for military equipment being developed for worldwide usage over land: (1) the speed up to which 'operations' are expected to proceed, (2) the speed that equipment should 'withstand' without irreversible damage. A study of gustiness and variations of wind with height during strong wind regimes is presented. Nomograms of gust factor versus gust duration and steady windspeed are used to assign the most dynamically effective gust according to equipment dimensions. Based on a power-law relationship, factors for adjusting windspeed to a common height to describe windspeed and gusts over the vertical extent of military equipment usage are presented. Also included is a tabulation of wind statistics for selected stations considered in the search for worldwide wind extremes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 1973
Accession Number
AD0774044

Entities

People

  • Donald D. Grantham
  • Irving I. Gringorten
  • Norman Sissenwine
  • Paul Tattelman

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Design Criteria
  • Dynamic Response
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Meteorology
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Recording Systems
  • Terrain
  • Turbulence
  • United States

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