REDUCTION OF HAZARD FROM SECONDARY FRAGMENTS CREATED BY BALLISTIC PENETRATION OF AIRCRAFT

Abstract

The objective of the research effort was to establish a practical means of alleviating the hazard to personnel within occupied areas of Army aircraft due to secondary projectiles (spall and debris) created by ballistic impact of aircraft structure and equipment by small-arms projectiles. The characteristics of secondary fragments generated by ballistic penetration of typical aircraft structural materials were established for a variety of impact conditions. The impact conditions which created the greatest hazard to personnel due to secondary fragments were used to evaluate suppressant systems designed to reduce or eliminate this hazard. A suppressant system was developed which proved to be capable of stopping virtually all secondary fragments generated by impact of structural materials tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0665454

Entities

People

  • R. F. Recht
  • W. G. Howell

Organizations

  • Denver Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundaries
  • Design Criteria
  • Dynamics
  • Flight Instruments
  • Geometry
  • Impact Point
  • Laminated Glass
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Projectiles
  • Stresses
  • Thickness
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.