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An application of boundary-layer similarity theories to an aircraft accident investigation

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The vertical distribution of turbulence in the planetary boundary layer at the time and place of an aircraft accident is examined. Estimates of the surface stress are determined by means of the boundary-layer resistance laws with a correction for baroclinity. The response of the aircraft to turbulence during its approach, and the exceedance characteristics of the turbulence are given for an empirical spectrum of vertical velocity. Also, a simulation is made of the vertical velocity along the approach path.

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Kerman, B.R. An application of boundary-layer similarity theories to an aircraft accident investigation. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 7, 53–63 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224972

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