Structural Response to Impact Damage.

Abstract

The complex problem of designing an aircraft structure in a manner to minimize its vulnerability to the impact damage of projectiles has always been a major concern of aircraft builders. This report gives an excellent description of the vulnerability assessment of aircraft structures to projectile threats, including high explosive munitions. It defines the major elements of a structural vulnerability assessment, including development of the damage model, the strength model, and parameter sensitivity effects. Considerable experimental verification is included.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016714

Entities

People

  • Jurgen Massmann

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Dynamic Response
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • High Explosive Ammunition
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Sensitivity
  • Structural Response
  • Verification
  • Vulnerability

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • ballistics.