C/STOL flight in wind disturbed by the presence of buildingsThis paper investigates the behavior of winds about block geometries characteristic of building shapes and of the flight performance of aircraft with characteristics of a DC-8 and a DHC-6 as they fly through the wind fields. The two-dimensional equations of motion for the aircraft are written to include variable winds and wind shear components. The paper also presents a discussion of the influence of those terms in the equations of motion which explicitly contain effects due to wind shear. Also included is a study of the aircrafts' flight paths over the obstacles with both a fixed stick and an automatic landing system.
Document ID
19780062621
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Frost, W. (Tennessee Univ. Space Inst. Tullahoma, TN, United States)
Reddy, R. (Tennessee Univ. Space Inst. Tullahoma, TN, United States)
Crosby, B. (Tennessee, University Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tenn., United States)
Camp, D. W. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Space Science Laboratory, Huntsville, Ala., United States)