ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION AND TESTS WHICH FURTHER SUBSTANTIATE SYSTEM FEASIBILITY AND PROVIDE DATA RELATIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR LOW ALTITUDE SUPERSONIC VEHICLE. PART II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION. VOLUME 10. NUCLEAR RADIATION EFFECTS. TEST NO. 18. FLYAWAY

Abstract

Presented in this document are the test results of Nuclear Radiation Effects Tests No. 18 which was a dynamic credibility demonstration conducted in the Air Force Ground Test Reactor during the time period of 29 July through 5 August 1964. This work was performed in support of Air Force Contract AF33(657)- 12517. Planning and execution of the irradiation provided specific test data on subsystems, components, and materials representative of those which would be used in a nuclear powered ramjet missile. The test articles evaluated were the product of an extensive development program to provide nuclear radiation tolerant subsystems which would meet the LASV-N performance characteristics. The test articles representing the major subsystem areas(digital computer simulator, A to D shaft position encoder, magnetic core controlled multiplexer, two axis inertial platform subsystem, rate gyros and accelerometers, and electromechanical filter system) were dynamically irradiated during a total exposure of 187 Mw-hrs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0459663

Entities

Organizations

  • Vought

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitance
  • Capacitors
  • Detectors
  • Dielectrics
  • Ferrites
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Magnetic Cores
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Neutron Detectors
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems