Engineering Development of the Mechanical Bi-Directional Decelerometer.

Abstract

The objective of this program was to develop an environmental sensor which would monitor and analyze the environments associated with a high-drag bomb deployment to allow fuze arming only when the deployment was proper. The sensor developed is compatible with both nose and tail fuze wells of high-drag general-purpose bombs and has been designated the Mechanical Bi-Directional Decelerometer. The sensor developed is a miniaturization and refinement of the one developed under Contract No. F08635-70-C-0097 with the Air Force Armament Laboratory. The result of the miniaturization is that the new sensor only requires approximately one-half the volume of the original sensor (0.93 cubic inch versus 1.6 cubic inches). The result of the design refinement is that the new sensor has additional safety features to assure that it will not allow fuze arming when the deployment of the retardation device is unsatisfactory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771801

Entities

People

  • David C. Norton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bombs
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Contracts
  • Deployment
  • Directional
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • General Purpose Bombs
  • Miniaturization
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Research Facilities
  • Retardation

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  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Software Engineering