A Simplified Application of the Method of Operators to the Calculation of Disturbed Motions of an Airplane,

Abstract

A simplified treatment of the application of Heaviside's operational methods to problems of airplane dynamics is given. Certain graphical methods and logarithmic formulas that lessen the amount of computation involved are explained. The problem of representing a gust disturbance or control manipulation is taken up and it is pointed out tat in certain cases arbitrary control manipulation may be dealt with as though they imposed specific constraints on the airplane, thus avoiding the necessity of any integration whatever. The application on the calculations described in the text is illustrated by several examples chosen to show the use of the methods and the practicability of the graphical and logarithmic computations described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1936
Accession Number
ADA298199

Entities

People

  • Robert T. Jones

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aeronautics
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Analytic Functions
  • Angular Motion
  • Complex Variables
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Level Flight
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Navy
  • Theorems
  • United States

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design