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  ^  .  ._  ClllStlOadtacfors..............,.................................  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  ,...  ,..,  328  330  331  331  332  ,’  334  334  339  343  344  xiv 