Preliminary analysis of requirements for future airborne windshear detection systems is presented. The following topics are covered: flight mechanics; microbursts modeling; microburst detection with airborne systems (LIDAR, radar, passive IR sensors); microbursts prediction with ground systems (VHF interferometry). A short overview of these studies is presented and some results are discussed

Aurenche, Y.

Boulay, J. L.

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Wind Shear Program in France
LIDAR Studies on Microbursts
Y. Aurenche and J.L. Boulay, ONERA
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ONERA's Program about Windshear Studies
Preliminary.Analysisof Requirementsfor FutureAirborneWindshearDetectionSystems
Y. Aurenche,BinhDangVu,D. Guffond
OfficeNationald'EtudesetdeRecherchesAtrospatiales(ONERA)
Ch,_rillon,FRANCE
1. INTRODUCTION
WithDGACandDRETsupport,ONERAworkssince89onWindshearproblems.The
main studies are:
- Flight Mechanics
- Microbursts modeling
- Microburst detection with airborne systems
(LIDAR, radar, passive infrared sensors)
- Microbursts prediction with ground systems
(VHF interferometry)
The purpose of this presentation is to give a short overview of theses studies and some
results.
2. FLIGHT MECHANICS
The studies concern the behavior of two airplanes (B727 and A310) equipped with an ILS
and crossing a microburst.
A simulation program has been developed, using for each airplane a classical and simplified
guidance and flying loop; the loop takes into account the flight maneuvering capabilities in
order to realize an automatic approach and to land with a conventional speed.
The principal criteria for a good landing are:
- an angular error with respect to the glide path inferior to 1°
- a vertical impact speed inferior to 7 ft/s
Six windfield models have been considered:
- 3 historical cases; the New York, Dallas, and Atlanta accidents.
- 2 standard FAA cases (AD 120-41); n°6, being the most severe.
- 1 symmetrical RAE model, with the conditions Kr=l, Kx=3, Kz=l, giving a high
Severity Factor equal to 0.8 during about 25 seconds.
For each simulation, the parameters are presented versus time and can be analyzed (Fig. 1):
horizontal and vertical wind speed, thrust, conventional speed, incidence, trim, etc ...
For the New York case, the Fig. 2 shows:
- the fatal flight path
- the glide path
- the simulated flight path
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Thesimulationconclusionis that, with an ILS and a conventional landing speed, the two
airplanes have sufficient performances for following the glide path and landing with
acceptable conditions. In certain cases, the impact vertical speed is slightly over the
criterion (8 ft/s for Dallas case). But, for all historical and FAA models, the simulation
shows that the landing is possible. On the other hand, for the RAE model, the ILS is
insufficient.
The next study consisted in equipping the airplane with a forward looking system giving a
microburst detection at a certain range R (Fig. 3) and setting off a new flying strategy:
that is to command at this time a speed increment dV in function of the Severity Factor
measured.
A parametric study has been developed versus R, dV and D, the distance between the
microburst core and the runway. The global result for RAE model is presented on the
Fig. 4. The speed increment is 20 knots. The two airplanes equipped with an ILS and
using this strategy can land with acceptable conditions only if the prediction range is
1.5 Km.
At the present time, the pursuit of this study consists in simulating more severe cases.
3. MICROBURSTS MODELING
In order to study radar and LIDAR beam propagation across microbursts, a modeling
program has been developed.
It simulates a vertical dry airflow directed to the ground with three dimensional Navier
Stokes equations, in incompressible and instationary form. The domain sizes are 10 by 10
by 5 Km (Fig. 5). The spatial resolution is 200 m but must be reduced. The vetaical
airflow is initialized by a certain law. The Fig. 6 presents a vertical section and give the
speeds and the vortex locations. The Fig. 7 presents the iso-speed profiles.
At present, the task concerns hydrometers introduction in the model by using a regular
raindrops injection in airflow. The problem is to know if the instationary wind action on
the droplets trajectory does not bring them together and does not give over or under
concentration zones.
The calculation hypothesis are:
- the rain drops don't modify the flowfield velocity
- the forces taken into account are gravity and the drag forces produced by drops and air
velocity differences.
The Fig. 8 shows the concentration factor Cf at t=1000s and for a 30 m/s injected airflow
speed. The over-concentration locations do not correspond with maximal speed location
presented on the Fig. 7.
At present, these studies are going on with a smaller spatial resolution.
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4. AIRBORNEDETECTIONSYSTEMS
Upto now,theactivitiesonthissubjecthavebeenmainlyfeasibilitystudies;nohardware
hasbeendevelopedyet.
5. GROUNDPREDICTIONSYSTEMS
AnexperimentcampaignusingaVHFinterferometerhasbeenrealizedinAugust90at
OrlandoincooperationwiththeLincolnLaboratoryusingseveralradars;thefLrStresults
arepresentedin thenextpaper.
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