An evaluation is made of methods developed for estimating longitudinal and lateral rigid-body responses of airplanes to random atmospheric turbulence. A computer program has evolved from this study which calculates general aviation aircraft stability derivatives from known geometric properties to be used as inputs to the calculation of aircraft response (also a developed part of the computer program). It was found that the two degrees-of-freedom rigid-body power spectral density analysis produced lower normal load factor responses than a similar single degree-of-freedom analysis for aircraft of gross weight from 3,000 to 17,500 pounds. Also to produce an equivalent discrete load factor for the two degrees-of-freedom analysis, a higher spectral velocity value must be used compared to that of the single degree-of-freedom approach.


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    Title :

    Responses of Small Rigid Aircraft to Discrete and Continuous Gust Analysis - Phase I


    Contributors:
    J. Petrakis (author) / N. Miller (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    124 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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