PREPRODUCTION TESTING OF THE BDU-38/B PRACTICE BOMB

Abstract

Testing of a BDU-38/B practice bomb was performed by the Air Force Special Weapons Center at the request of the Air Force Weapons Laboratory. Testing was performed on one sample practice bomb, Serial Number 1. Testing was performed in general accordance with MIL-STD-810A and included low-temperature testing of the battery power supply systems, vibration testing, shock testings, static load testing, functional load testing of the parachute deployment separation system, and simulated parachute opening shock load testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0818684

Entities

People

  • Frank T. Krek

Organizations

  • Air Force Special Weapons Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Bombs
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Deflection
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Load Distribution
  • Low Temperature
  • Practice Bombs
  • Pull Tests
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Static Loads
  • Vibration
  • Weapons

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