Accession Number:
ADA064156
Title:
A Study of the Effects of Aircraft Dynamic Characteristics on Structural Loads Criteria.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Jan 77-Nov 78,
Corporate Author:
SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC HAWTHORNE CALIF
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1978-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
246.0
Abstract:
The study reported herein examined the potential effects of aircraft dynamic characteristics on structural loads criteria. The study included an analysis of in-flight airframe failure accidents which occurred during a ten-year period, 1966-1975. A number of potentially contributing factors, including stability and control characteristics and handling qualities, were examined and correlated with the accident data. The study also covered a review of proposed criteria for continuous gusts and a comparison with existing discrete gust criteria. Problems in the selection of a turbulence penetration speed were also examined. Author
Descriptors:
- *AVIATION ACCIDENTS
- *GUST LOADS
- COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
- AERODYNAMIC STABILITY
- DYNAMIC RESPONSE
- TURBULENCE
- ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
- STRUCTURAL RESPONSE
- AIRFRAMES
- INFLIGHT
- CIVIL AVIATION
- FLIGHT MANEUVERS
- AVIATION SAFETY
- PASSENGER AIRCRAFT
- FLIGHT PATHS
- FAILURE(MECHANICS)
- FLIGHT SPEEDS
- AIRWORTHINESS
- ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
Subject Categories:
- Aerodynamics
- Commercial and General Aviation