THE ATTACK OF AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES BY CONTINUOUS ROD WARHEADS (3/16 AND 1/4 INCH SQUARE-SECTION RODS)

Abstract

The results are reported of a number of static and dynamic detonations of 3/16 and 1/4 inch square-section continuous rod (C.R.) warheads against Boeing ''B.29'', Vickers ''Valiant'', Handley Page ''Victor'' and some replica steel fuselage sections, most of which were either loaded to simulate straight and level flight conditions during attack and/or were subsequently loaded to determine residual strength. Rod effectiveness was found to depend, for all the targets, on the direction of rod approach to, and the construction of, the section attacked but at least for the 3/16 inch C.R., appeared to be independent of rod impact velocity in the range 3000 to 5000 f.p.s. Stress analyses made of the damaged targets indicate that there may well be a correlation between the failing stresses in bending of fuselages of various forms of construction. Further work to confirm and extend this and other indications is proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0346003

Entities

People

  • R. G. Mallin

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Bending Moments
  • Birds
  • Bomb Bays
  • Chronometers
  • Continuous Rod Warheads
  • Flight Loads
  • Fuselages
  • Geometry
  • Honeycomb Cores
  • Instrumentation
  • Level Flight
  • Materials
  • Strategic Bomber
  • Supersonic Aircraft
  • Wing Boxes

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.