Vertical-tail buffet response data were obtained from tests in the Langley Transonic Dynamics Tunnel using a rigid, 1/6-size, full-span model of an F-18 airplane that was fitted with flexible vertical tails of two different levels of structural stiffness. Response data are presented at Mach numbers from 0.30 to 0.95 over a range of angles of attack from -10 to +40 degrees. These data indicate the following: (1) the buffet response occurs in the first bending mode; (2) the buffet response is a maximum in the angle of attack range from 30 to 40 degrees; (3) the buffet response increases with increasing dynamic pressure, but changes in response are not linearly proportional to the changes in dynamic pressure; (4) the buffet response is larger at M = 0.30 than it is at the higher Mach numbers; and (5) the maximum intensity of the buffeting is described as heavy to severe using an assessment criteria proposed by another investigator.
Some subsonic and transonic buffet characteristics of the twin-vertical-tails of a fighter airplane configuration
AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference ; 1991 ; Baltimore, MD, United States
1991-01-01
Conference paper
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English
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