Airframe Loads Flight Corridor The speed-altitude band where flight sustained by aerodynamic forces is technically possible is called the flight corridor. The subsonic Boeing 747 and supersonic Concorde have flight corridors within the conventional boundary (indicated in cyan). The high-altitude solar powered Centurion is able to operate beyond conventional boundaries. Structural design is often concerned with flight vehicles within conventional boundaries
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Airframe Loads
Flight CorridorThe speed-altitude band where flight sustained by aerodynamic forces is technically possible is called the flight corridor.
The subsonic Boeing 747 and supersonic Concorde have flight corridors within the conventional boundary (indicated in cyan).
The high-altitude solar powered Centurion is able to operate beyond conventional boundaries.
Structural design is often concerned with flight vehicles within conventional boundaries
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Centurion
Remotely piloted, solar-powered airplane developed under NASA for surveillance purposes.
The airplane was believed to be the first aircraft designed to achieve sustained horizontal flight at altitudes of 90,000 to 100,000 feet.
The Centurion has 206-foot-long wings and used batteries to supply power to the craft's 14 electric motors and electronic systems.
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Aircraft missions and stages
• Applied loads depend on the mission of the aircraft, e.g. transport, fighter, aerobatic mission, etc.
• The stages during any aircraft mission can be roughly divided into: (a) taxi and takeoff, (b) cruising, (c) maneuver, and (d) landing
• Design loads must be carefully established for every stage of the aircraft mission
• The objective of structural design is to maintain the shape and integrity of the aircraft during each part of the mission and stage.
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Weight & load factors
• Control of weight important in aircraft design
• Limit load – maximum load in normal operation
• Proof load – limit load x proof factor (1.0-1.25)
For a rigid body undergoing constant angular velocity
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Inertia Loads (2)
(8.3)
(8.4)
For a rigid body undergoing angular acceleration
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Inertia Loads (3)
(8.5)
(8.4)
Torque about the axis of rotation produced by inertia force is
If ICG is the moment of inertia through the CG
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Symmetric Maneuver Loads
• There are infinite number of flight conditions within flight envelope
• Corners A, C, D1, D2, E & F in flight envelope are critical points for investigation
• In symmetric maneuver, motion of aircraft initiated by movement of control surfaces in plane of symmetry
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Level Flight (1)
(8.7)
(8.8)
For vertical equilibrium
For horizontal equilibrium
Taking moments about CG (8.9)
CGMScCV ,2
21 ρpitching moment of the aircraft about the CG =
ρ – density of airV – aircraft speedS – wing areac – mean chordCM,CG – coefficient of moment
assumes that n (load factor) = 1 for commercial aircraft on level flight
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Level Flight (2)
(8.10)As first approximation, take P = 0 so that
As second approximation, P is substituted to obtain a more accurate value of L and the procedure is repeated.
Assuming P, D & T are small and taking L=W (8.11)
Lift (where CL is the coefficient of lift)
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Pull-Out From Dive
(8.12)
(8.13)
For vertical equilibrium
For horizontal equilibrium
Taking moments about CG (8.14)
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Steady Pull-Out
(8.15)
For equilibrium along flight normal
At lowest point θ = 0
Smaller radius (more severe pullout) – n is larger
(8.16)
Taking L = nW
Could lead to- Increased load on structure- Possibility of stalling
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Correctly Banked Turn
(8.17)
(8.18)For vertical equilibrium
For horizontal equilibrium
For L=nW (8.20)
Greater bank angle – higher load factor
(8.21)
For tighter turn – higher bank angle
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Gust Loads
• Movements of air in turbulence are generally known as gusts
• They cause changes in wing incidence and subject the aircraft to sudden or gradual change in lift
• In high speed aircraft, this may cause higher loads than control initiated maneouvers
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Single or discrete gustA distribution of vertical gust velocity over a given finite length or period of time.
Sharp-edged gust: Aerodynamic forces determined by instantaneous incidence of the particular lifting surface. Generally leads to overestimation of gust loads.
Graded gust: Gust velocity increases linearly to a maximum over a gust gradient distance H.
1 – cosine gust: Gust velocity is given by u(t) = U/2[1 – cos(πt/T)].
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Continuous gusts
• Has freedom from arbitrary assumptions of gust shapes and sizes
• Assumes that gust velocity is a random variable comprising a large number of sinusoidal components
• Power spectral analysis is a common method of evaluating continuous gusts
• Requires a large amount of experimental data for analysis
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Sine wave summation
The addition of sine functions (of the right amplitude and phase) can be used to create a sawtooth or rectangular function.
This illustrates that all functions can be decomposed to a series of sine waves of different frequencies
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Sharp-edged gust (1)For aircraft flying with speed V with wing incidence α0 entering a gust of upward velocity u. Changes in lift and load factor are:
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Sharp-edged gust (2)Changes occurring at the tail are:
VE – equivalent airspeed, uE – equivalent gust velocity, ST – tailplane area
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Vertical Gust Suppression System
The Dreamliner has sensors embedded in the composite skin that will detect tiny changes in pressure caused by wind gusts.
The flight-control system automatically makes adjustments to smooth out the ride before the plane gets bounced around.