Characteristics of the Navy Large Floating Shock Platform

Abstract

The shock environment produced by an underwater explosion is hazardous to vital shipboard equipment. For many years the Navy has pursued a broad research, test, and evaluation program aimed at ensuring that the fighting ability of Navy vessels not be impaired by combat conditions. An important tool in this program has been the Navy's family of devices for generating shocks resembling those that might occur on shipboard. These devices provide controlled tests for shipboard components weighing up to 60,000 lb. The report describes the characteristics of the most recent addition to this family, the Large Floating Shock Platform (LFSP), which extends the testing capacity to items weighing up to 400,000 lb.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784406

Entities

People

  • E. W. Clements

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Explosives
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Power Supplies
  • Recording Systems
  • Shock Response Spectra
  • Shock Tests
  • Simulations
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Strain Gages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Materials Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design