Trial Results of Ship Motions and Their Influence on Aircraft Operations for ISCS GUAM

Abstract

The Naval Ship Research and Development Center made ship motion/ aircraft event correlation measurements on board the Interim Sea Control Ship (USS GUAM, LPH-9) during various deployments in 1971, 1972, and 1973. The primary objectives of these measurements were to collect and define ship motions which limit aircraft takeoffs and recoveries and to evaluate the effectiveness of GUAM's anti-roll tank. While emphasis is placed on the takeoff and recovery states as observed for the British VSTOL Harrier, or AVB, significant comments, based on the analysis of observed and recorded data, are presented for other stages in the aircraft operational cycle. Several analysis methods are employed to define aircraft operation limiting ship motions, the most critical ship motion or combination thereof that interfere with aircraft operations, and the operational procedures relating to ship motions developed during the Interim Sea Control Ship deployments. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA032198

Entities

People

  • A. E. Baitis
  • David W Taylor
  • Dennis A. Woolaver

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Flight Decks
  • Hangar Decks
  • Helicopters
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Observers
  • Power Spectra
  • Sea Control
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies