Safety Margins for Flight Through Stochastic Gusts (2014)

No AccessEngineering NoteSafety Margins for Flight Through Stochastic GustsJohnhenri R. Richardson, Pierre T. Kabamba, Ella M. Atkins and Anouck R. GirardJohnhenri R. RichardsonApplied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109*Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Physics Program, 450 Church Street; . Student Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this author, Pierre T. KabambaApplied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109†Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 1320 Beal Avenue; .Search for more papers by this author, Ella M. AtkinsApplied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109‡Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 1320 Beal Avenue; . Associate Fellow AIAA.Search for more papers by this author and Anouck R. GirardApplied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109§Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 1320 Beal Avenue; . Member AIAA.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:13 Oct 2014https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G000299SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations About References [1] Belcastro C. M. and Foster J. V., “Aircraft Loss-of-Control Accident Analysis,” AIAA Paper 2010-8004, 2010. LinkGoogle Scholar[2] Richardson J. R., Atkins E. M., Kabamba P. T. and Girard A. R., “Envelopes for Flight Through Stochastic Gusts,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 36, No. 5, 2013, pp. 1464–1476. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.57849 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[3] Hoblit F. M., Gust Loads on Aircraft: Concepts and Applications, AIAA, Washington, D.C., 1988, Chap. 4, App. E. LinkGoogle Scholar[4] Meerkov S. M. and Runolfsson T., “Aiming Control,” Proceedings of the 25th Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1986, pp. 494–498. Google Scholar[5] Richardson J. R., “Quantifying and Scaling Airplane Performance in Turbulence,” Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2013, pp. 25–38. Google Scholar[6] “Dryden Wind Turbulence Model (Continuous),” MATLAB Reference Pages, MathWorks, Natick, MA, 2010. Google Scholar[7] “Von Kármán Wind Turbulence Model (Continuous),” MATLAB Reference Pages, MathWorks, Natick, MA, 2010. Google Scholar[8] “Flying Qualities of Piloted Aircraft,” U.S. Dept. of Defense MIL-STD-1797A, 1990, pp. 673–695, App. A. Google Scholar[9] “Advisory Circular: System Safety Analysis and Assessment for Part 23 Airplanes,” Federal Aviation Administration AC 23.1309-1E, Washington, D.C., 2011. Google Scholar[10] Bacchi B. and Ranzi R., “On the Derivation of the Areal Reduction Factor of Storms,” Atmospheric Research, Vol. 42, Nos. 1–4, 1996, pp. 123–135. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-8095(95)00058-5 ATREEW 0169-8095 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[11] Wesson R. L. and Perkins D. M., “Spatial Correlation of Probabilistic Earthquake Ground Motion and Loss,” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 91, No. 6, 2001, pp. 1498–1515. doi:https://doi.org/10.1785/0120000284 BSSAAP 0037-1106 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[12] Rice S. O., “Mathematical Analysis of Random Noise,” Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1945, pp. 46–156. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)1538-7305c BSTJAN 0005-8580 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[13] Leadbetter M. R., Lindgren G. and Rootzén H., Extremes and Related Properties of Random Sequences and Processes, Springer–Verlag, New York, 1983, pp. 176, 238, 260. CrossrefGoogle Scholar[14] Feller W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, 3rd ed., Vol. 1, Wiley, New York, 1967, pp. 446–448. Google Scholar[15] Meerkov S. M. and Runolfsson T., “Output Aiming Control,” Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1987, pp. 1734–1739. Google Scholar Previous article Next article