Dynamic Response of Missile Structures to Impulsive Loads Caused by Nuclear Effects Blowoff.

Abstract

Two dynamic structural analysis computer codes have been developed for the analysis of missile type structures subjected to impulsive loads produced by nuclear effects blowoff. One code, IMPLATE, is applicable to flat plate structures prestressed by inplane mechanical and thermal loads and the other code, IMPSHELL, can be applied to thin cylindrical shell type structures preloaded by internal pressure. The impulsive loads are calculated with the aid of a photoelectric energy deposition code, KNISH, and a blowoff model. A theory for correlating the nuclear effects blowoff impulse with impulse produced by a laboratory simulation 'exploding fail' technique is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA052999

Entities

People

  • Thomas L. Cost

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dynamic Response
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Internal Pressure
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Simulations
  • Spectra
  • Structural Properties
  • Structural Response
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.