Economical Influence Function Calibrations Using the Distributed Loads Code

摘要

The Influence Function Method (IFM) is a new technique for the prediction of store loads within an aircraft interference flow field. The difficulty and expense in obtaining force, moment, and local angle-of-attack distributions have been the major limitation of the IFM. By coupling the IFM with the AEDC Interference Distributed Loads (IDL) Code, good agreement was obtained with experimental data and experimentally calibrated IFM predictions at greatly reduced time, effort, and cost. (Author)