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Published: 1974

Total Pages: 88

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Characteristics of surface wind and gust behaviour are of great concern to researchers engaged in many activities including: military and civil aviation operations; aerodynamic design such as design for improved basic airworthiness, handling and ride qualities and design for better overall flight characteristics through active control load alleviation; studies in turbulence transit and avoidance; turbulence models and ground simulators; human factors engineering to counter turbulence; missile launching operations; and even design of high-rise buildings. The three papers that comprise this report deal with recent studies done in the U.S. and U.K. on the subject of surface winds and gusts. Considerable experimental data is presented and useful equations and mathematical models are derived. An analysis of present and projected research in the area of gusts analysis and alleviation in the U.K. is presented.