PRESSURE TEST OF ONE-SIXTEENTH SCALE "ALUMINAUT" MODEL

Abstract

A pressure test of a one-sixteenth scale model of the ALUMINAUT was run to determine the collapse depth and to measure stresses at critical locations. The model test indicated that the collapse depth of the ALUMINAUT is about 23,000 ft. Strain gages on the forward hemisphere showed that plastic deformation would occur in the region around the central window at a depth between 15,000 ft. and 16,000 ft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408658

Entities

People

  • Joseph B. Walsh

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crush Depths
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Government Procurement
  • Marine Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Model Basins
  • Model Tests
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Observatories
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Concentration
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Yield Strength

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