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 
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