TALOS STRUCTURAL FIRING TEST ABOARD THE USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG-4)

Abstract

Six TALOS Mk 11 Mod 2 boosters with concrete slugs were fired aboard the USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG-4) to investigate the adequacy of the protection for the TALOS launching system personnel against blast effects and to determine the effects of the booster blast on the ship's structure. The test vehicles were fired at various angles such that the exhaust stream was directed at areas where damage, flame, or toxic gas leakage had occurred during the structural firing tests aboard the USS GALVESTON (CLG-3). These tests were also utilized to evaluate the design changes in the ship's structural components that were necessitated by the results of the GALVESTON tests. Measurements were made of pressures in the exhaust stream, structural strains, toxic gas concentrations, noise levels, flame penetrations at door seals and temperature changes inside the ship. High-speed motion pictures were taken on all tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 1961
Accession Number
AD0257327

Entities

People

  • C. W. Fischler
  • J. W. Loving
  • P. E. Wine
  • T. I. Dodson

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Bulkheads
  • Climate Change
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Guided Missiles
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Ships
  • Strain Gages
  • Structural Components
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • ballistics.