Statistical discrete gust analysis of tower-based atmospheric turbulence data for aircraft response studies

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-162

  Anandakumar, K ^a   Kailas, S V ^a  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

Author keywords

Aircraft response; Atmospheric turbulence; Discrete gust; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRACTALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIRCRAFT RESPONSE; DISCRETE GUST; STATISTICAL DISCRETE GUST (SDG);

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 0039242659     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410991532918     Document Type: Article

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