Determination of Test Spectrum for Blue Angels A-4 Fatigue Investigation

Abstract

In order to establish the structural fatigue lives of A-4 aircraft in service with the Blue Angels, a full-scale fatigue test will be performed on an A-4 airplane which will duplicate the loads and loading sequence experienced by the Blue Angel solo aircraft. The test program will assume that the solo airplane is always a solo airplane. That is, it is never rotated to the Diamond or Delta position. The test will be performed using a flight-by-flight loading spectrum based on actual flight data and composed of show, practice, and cross-country flights. The individual flight spectra and the overall mission spectrum are defined in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1975
Accession Number
ADA032505

Entities

People

  • L. Berman

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Financial Management
  • Flight
  • Flight Loads
  • Frequency
  • Landing
  • Maneuvers
  • Monitoring
  • Oscillographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • Sequences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surface Plasmons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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