HELICOPTER RESPONSE IN GUSTY WINDS ABOUT A BUILDING
This paper discusses helicopter performance during landing and takeoff from elevated heliports in urban areas during gusty winds. A mathematical model simulating the time-dependent wind field over a two-dimensional building is developed. Secondly, a set of simplified dynamic equations governing the motion of a helicopter are derived. Finally, the performance of the helicopter in the unsteady wind field about the building is computed for the helicopter landing or taking-off on a 6 degree glide slope over the building.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Conference on Aerosp and Aeronaut Meteorol and Symp on Remote Sensing from Satellite, 7th, Preprint, Melborune, Florida, November 16-19, 1976.
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Corporate Authors:
American Meteorological Society
45 Beacon Street
Boston, MA United States 02108 -
Authors:
- Frost, W
- Reddy, K R
- Camp, D W
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 7-14
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airports; Building; Glide path systems; Helicopter lines; Helicopter transportation; Helicopters; Heliports; Landing; Mathematical models; Simulation; Takeoff; Urban areas; Velocity; Wind
- Old TRIS Terms: Takeoff and landing; Wind effects; Wind stresses; Wind velocity
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00170187
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM