The threat of convective microburst wind shear phenomena to aircraft is studied. An attempt was made to quantify the benefits of forward-look sensing and to develop and test a candidate set of strategies for recovery from inadvertent microburst encounters during the landing approach. A batch simulation of various wind shear encounters was carried out; the simulation consisted of a point-mass aircraft model, an analytical microburst, and a simple wind shear detection scheme. It was found that forward-look alerts given 10 sec prior to microburst entry permitted recoveries to be made with little altitude loss.
Recovery strategies for microburst encounters using reactive and forward-look wind shear detection
AIAA Flight Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit ; 1989 ; Boston, MA, United States
1989-01-01
Conference paper
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English
Optimal Recovery from Microburst Wind Shear
Online Contents | 1993
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NTIS | 1993
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