STRUCTURAL TESTS OF FLIGHT DECK ON USS HANCOCK (CVA 19) UNDER SIMULATED A3D-1 AND F2H-3 AIRCRAFT LANDING LOADS,

Abstract

Static and dynamic strains and deflections were measured on the flight-deck structure of USS HANCOCK (CVA 19) after Project 27-C conversion. A specially designed loading apparatus was used for simulating wheel loadings of A3D-1 and F2H-3 aircraft. It is concluded that the present Bureau of Ships design method is accurate for calculating the stresses in the steel supporting structure for a wood-planked flight deck, and that failure of the planking will not occur at loads less than those determined by the design calculations. Also, the test results show that design based on initial yielding of the steel supporting structure is conservative. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0650301

Entities

People

  • Ralph B. Allnutt

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Landings
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Conversion
  • Deflection
  • Flight Decks
  • Landing
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Ship Decks

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.