ROCKET SLED BLAST SIMULATION FEASIBILITY STUDY. VOLUME III. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

Abstract

A series of environmental tests was conducted during the development of the Rocket Sled Blast Simulation Technique. This technique used a rocket sled to propel a full-scale reentry vehicle through simulated nuclear environments. Three free-air TNT detonations and six Freon 114-filled, explosively driven plywood shock tube tests were conducted and the results are discussed. The results of conventional shock tube tests that verify how well Freon 114 (as a test gas) conformed to theory are also presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0837050

Entities

People

  • Cary A. Fisher
  • James H. Suttle
  • Manning D. Smith
  • Robert J. Pucik

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detonations
  • Environment
  • Environmental Tests
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Shock Tubes
  • Simulations
  • Sleds
  • Tubes
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • ballistics.