A digital simulation study is reported of the effects of gusts and wind shear on the approach and landing of aircraft. The gusts and wind shear are primarily those associated with wind fields created by surface wind passing around bluff geometries characteristic of buildings. Also, flight through a simple model of a thunderstorm is investigated. A two-dimensional model of aircraft motion was represented by a set of nonlinear equations which accounted for both spatial and temporal variations of winds. The landings of aircraft with the characteristics of a DC-8 and a DHC-6 were digitally simulated under different wind conditions with fixed and automatic controls. The resulting deviations in touchdown points and the controls that are required to maintain the desired flight path are presented. The presence of large bluff objects, such as buildings in the flight path is shown to have considerable effect on aircraft landings.


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    Titel :

    Investigation of Aircraft Landing in Variable Wind Fields


    Beteiligte:
    W. Frost (Autor:in) / K. R. Reddy (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1978


    Format / Umfang :

    93 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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