In some special cases of flight simulation (e.g. for formation flight, in-flight tanking) it is required to generate a two-dimensional field of turbulence, in which the turbulent wind speeds are stochastic functions o...In some special cases of flight simulation (e.g. for formation flight, in-flight tanking) it is required to generate a two-dimensional field of turbulence, in which the turbulent wind speeds are stochastic functions of two coordinates (e.g. x in the flight direction and y in the wing span direction). For this purpose a simple and efficient technique for the digital generation of a two-dimensional field of turbulence, i.e. for the production of turbulent speed sequences on a rectangular network, is proposed in this paper. The correlation of the turbulent field so generated is found to be in good agreement with the theoretical correlation of the turbulence model, and thus the feasibility of the proposed method is verified. Two possible operation modes (off-line and on-line) of the turbulence generator in flight simulation are also discussed.展开更多
基金This project is supported by China National Sciences Foundation and finished in the Institute of Flight Guidance of Technical University Braunschweig (West Germany).
文摘In some special cases of flight simulation (e.g. for formation flight, in-flight tanking) it is required to generate a two-dimensional field of turbulence, in which the turbulent wind speeds are stochastic functions of two coordinates (e.g. x in the flight direction and y in the wing span direction). For this purpose a simple and efficient technique for the digital generation of a two-dimensional field of turbulence, i.e. for the production of turbulent speed sequences on a rectangular network, is proposed in this paper. The correlation of the turbulent field so generated is found to be in good agreement with the theoretical correlation of the turbulence model, and thus the feasibility of the proposed method is verified. Two possible operation modes (off-line and on-line) of the turbulence generator in flight simulation are also discussed.