Material Selection and Testing for Thermal Radiation Shielding.
Abstract
This report includes procedures for selection and testing of advanced thermal protection materials for use on an absorptive, lightweight thermal radiation flash shield to protect aircraft crews from a nuclear weapon thermal pulse. Included are, a survey of thermal protection systems and materials, techniques for simulation of a nuclear weapon thermal pulse, testing procedures and equipment description, heat transfer theory and a computer code developed to model the flash shield, the code uses an implicit numerical solution method to solve the one-dimension, transient, heat conduction equation for a multilayer slap. Also shown in the report are results of testing and a final optimal shield design, with weight, cost, and safety information for the proposed shield. (Author-PL)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0779943
Entities
People
- Frank J. Vondersaar
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology