Computer simulation of aircraft landing through thunderstorm gust fronts is carried out. The 3 degree-of-freedom, nonlinear equations of aircraft motion for the longitudinal variables containing all two-dimensional wind shear terms are solved numerically. The gust front spatial wind field inputs are provided in the form of tabulated experimental data which are coupled with a computer table lookup routine to provide the required wind components and shear at any given position within an approximate 500 m x 1 km vertical plane. The aircraft is considered to enter the wind field at a specified position under trimmed conditions. Both fixed control and automatic control landings are simulated. Flight paths, as well as control inputs necessary to maintain specified trajectories, are presented and discussed for aircraft having characteristics of a DC-8, B-747, and a DHC-6.


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    Title :

    Flight through thunderstorm outflows


    Contributors:
    Frost, W. (author) / Crosby, B. (author) / Camp, D. W. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979-11-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Flight through thunderstorm outflows

    FROST, W. / Tennessee, University / Space Institute et al. | AIAA | 1979


    Flight through thunderstorm outflows

    Frost, W. / Crosby, B. / Camp, D. W. | NTRS | 1978