NAVWEPS OO-BOT-80
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 5. OPERAilNG STRENGTH LIMITATIONS
GENERAL OEFlNlTlONS AND STRUCTURAL REQUlREMENTS
STATIC STRENGTH .._.......... ~.~~~.~ ~..~
Limit load
Factor of safety
Material properties
SERVICE LIFE
Pati
Loa r
e consideration
spectrum attd cumulative damage
Creep considerations
AEROELASTIC EFFECTS.
Stiffness and rigidity
AIRCRAFT LOADS AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS
FLIGHT LOADS-MANEUVERS AND GUSTS.
Loadfactor.....................................................
Maneuvering load factors.. .I
Maximum lift capability
Effect of gross weight
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Gust load increment
Effect of gust intensity and lift curve slope
Effect of wing loading and altitude
Effect of overstrea.
THE V-n OR V-g DIAGRAM.
Effect of weight, configuration;altihtde, and symmetry of Ior-Ang
Limit load factors
Ultitnute load facvxs
Maximum lift capability
Limit airspeed
Operating env+pe
Maneuver’speed and penetration of turbulence
EFFECT OF HIGH SPEED FLIGHT..
Critical gust
Aileron reversal
Divergence
PIutter
Compressibility problems
LANDING AND GROUND LOADS.
Landing load factor
Effect of touchdown rate of descent
Effect of gross weight
Ported landing on unprepared .surfaces
EFFECT OF OVERSTRESS ON SERVICE
Recognition of overstress’damage
Importance of operating limitations
LIFE
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