Gust Loads on Aircraft : Concepts and Applications.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Gust Loads Fundamentals -- Discrete-Gust Static Loads -- Discrete-Gust Dynamic Loads -- Basic PSD Concepts and Application to Gust Loads -- Continuous Turbulence Gust Loads Criteria -- Load Combinations and Design Conditions -- Gust Response Equations of Motion: Formulation and Solution -- Short-Cut Methods -- Spanwise Variation of Vertical Gust Velocity -- Treatment of Nonlinear Systems -- Analysis of Gust-Response Flight-Test Data -- Adequacy of the Stationary-Gaussian Idealization of the Gust Structure -- Present Place of Discrete-Gust Load Requirements -- Plunge-Only Equation of Motion for an Airplane Encountering a One-Minus-Cosine Vertical Gust -- Elementary Introduction to Some Concepts in Probability Theory and Statistics -- Gaussian Probability Distribution Plots -- Ratio of von Karman to Dryden Gust PSD's -- Upper Limit of Integration in Computation of A, N0, and p -- Plots of ow Probability Distributions -- Derivation of Generalized Frequency of Exceedance Equation -- Relative Ultimate Gust Capabilities for Upbending, Downbending, and Lateral Gust -- Most Likely Value Associated with a Particular Load Level -- Matrices and Matrix Algebra -- C.G. Acceleration PSD's for an Idealized Rigid Airplane Free to Pitch and Plunge -- Annotated Bibliography -- References -- Subject Index.

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