Investigations on the gust loading of flexible sailplanes
Authors
Max Hacklinger
The City College of the City University of New York
Keywords:
Aerodynamics, Structures, Design, Safety
Abstract
The gust loading cases of sailplanes in the existing airworthiness requirements are based on serious simplifications: rigid aircraft, step- or ramp-shaped gust with constant gradient distance and constant alleviation factor..... For the high performance sailplane with low natural frequencies, however, the gust encounter is a highly dynamic phenomenon........
Author Biography
Max Hacklinger, The City College of the City University of New York
