A simulation of a Boeing 727 aircraft during acceleration on the runway is used to determine the effect of windshear on stopping distance. Windshears of various magnitudes, durations, and onset times are simulated to assess the aircraft performance during an aborted takeoff on five different runway surfaces. A windshear detection system, active during the takeoff roll and similar to the Honeywell Windshear Detection System is simulated to provide a discrete system to activate aircraft braking upon shear detection. The results of the simulation indicate that several factors effect the distance required to stop the aircraft. Notable among these are gross weight, takeoff flap position, runway characteristics, and pilot reaction time. Of the windshear parameters of duration, onset and magnitude, magnitude appears to have the most significant effect.
Effect of Windshear During Takeoff Roll on Aircraft Stopping Distance
1990
15 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aeronautics , Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Aircraft performance , Braking , Roll , Runways , Stopping , Takeoff , Wind shear , Boeing 727 aircraft , Simulation , Detection , Distance , Flapping , Magnitude , Reaction time , Aviation safety
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