IN-FLIGHT STRUCTURAL RESPONSE OF FJ-4 AIRCRAFT TO NUCLEAR DETONATIONS

Abstract

Project 5.3 participated in Operation Plumbbob to: (1) measure thermal and blast response of the FJ-4 airplane to nuclear explosion effects, (2) correlate experimental response data with the analytical predictions to confirm the delivery capability of the FJ-4 aircraft, and (3) obtain data to improve methods of predicting the blast response of swept-wing aircraft. Two aircraft, a primary and a standby, were flown during the operation. Provisions were included for identical instrumentation in the two aircraft. This instrumentation provided for acquisition of data on thermal input and response of thin-skin and honeycomb structures, nuclear effects, overpressures, dynamic response, engine response, and chord-wise pressure distribution over the swept wing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 1960
Accession Number
AD0360875

Entities

People

  • A. N. Julian

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Control Surfaces
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Energy
  • Fuselages
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Spars
  • Swept Wings
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Explosive Engineering.