Sinking Velocity Impact-Analysis for the Carrier-Based Aircraft Using the Response Surface Method-Based Improved Kriging Algorithm

Table 1

Partial correlation analysis results between deck landing parameters and sinking velocity of F/A-18A.

No.	Parameters	Correlation coefficient	Correlation degree
1	Aircraft glide angle	0.988	Highly positive correlation
2	Deck pitch angle	−0.890	Highly negative correlation
3	Engaging velocity	0.561	Moderately positive correlation
4	Approach velocity	0.545	Moderately positive correlation
5	Aircraft pitch rate	−0.225	No
6	Carrier velocity	0.215	No
7	Landing weight	0.196	No
8	Deck roll angle	−0.094	No
9	Aircraft roll angle	−0.093	No
10	Aircraft roll rate	−0.084	No
11	Aircraft pitch rate	−0.064	No
12	Aircraft pitch angle	0.058	No
13	Aircraft yaw angle	−0.041	No
14	Ramp to touchdown distance	−0.041	No
15	Off-center engaging distance	−0.001	No