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Impact of spanwise non-uniform discrete gusts on civil aircraft loads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2019

M. Lone  and
G. Dussart
M. Lone*
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, School of Aerospace Transport and Manufacturing, Bedford, UK
G. Dussart
Affiliation:
Cranfield University, School of Aerospace Transport and Manufacturing, Bedford, UK
*
*m.m.lone@cranfield.ac.uk
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Abstract

The drive for increasing flight efficiency is resulting in wing designs that are of higher aspect ratios, lower in weight, increased wingspans and, consequently, require greater attention in the disciplines of aeroelastics and loads. This trend in aircraft design, along with past research experience with flexible aircraft, motivate a review of assumptions in gust models; especially, that of the gust maintaining a uniform spanwise profile. In this paper, the authors investigate the use of spanwise varying 1−cos gust models for loads prediction using a non-linear aeroelastic model of a conventional large transport aircraft. The comparison between a test case using conventional uni-dimensional approach and another, using multidimensional gusts, illustrates the impact of stepping away from traditional discrete tuned gust processes and adding a spanwise varying gust component. A methodology for processing and analysing the loads data arising due to the added dimension is also developed and both envelope and correlated loads are considered. Gust characteristics and resulting load factor are, respectively, considered for comparison between the two models, as both metrics define realistic gust encounters. In this case, it has been shown that spanwise variation of gust profiles leads to lower envelope loads if viewed in terms of conventional gust gradients. However, higher envelope loads are found if the maximum load factors are matched.

Keywords

Discrete gustsLoadsNon-uniformAeroelasticityLarge civil aircraft
Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 123 , Issue 1259 , January 2019 , pp. 93 - 120
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© Royal Aeronautical Society 2019 

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