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Prediction Of Rigid Body Aircraft Acceleration Response Due To Atmospheric Disturbances, Billy Keith Buck
Prediction Of Rigid Body Aircraft Acceleration Response Due To Atmospheric Disturbances, Billy Keith Buck
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Methodology to predict aircraft transient motion resulting from flight within an unsteady atmospheric environment, coupled with validation using flight test data is proposed. A family of five linear dynamic models is developed for describing the normal acceleration throughout an aircraft cabin due to vertical gust excitation. The five models successively build upon each other by incorporating higher fidelity gust penetration effects while simultaneously maintaining a unified modeling framework. Six wind fields reconstructed from flight test data are used to excite the vehicle models. Simulation responses are compared with forward, center, and aft accelerometer response data recorded during the test. Each …