Structures Technology for Lighter-Than-Air Vehicles

Abstract

This technical memorandum documents the work performed in the area of airship structures technology in support of the Advanced Navy Vehicle Concepts Evaluation Program. This work provides an assessment of contemporary rigid airship structural design technology and recommendations for future work. It was concluded that modern airship structures will be significantly more efficient than historical designs, and that the most attractive concepts for achieving these improvements are the geodetic design, the modernized versions of the Akron/Macon construction as was used in the ANVCE point designs, and the sandwich structure for very large sizes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 1977
Accession Number
ADA081353

Entities

People

  • T. E. Hess

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerostats
  • Air Pressure
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airships
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Balloons
  • Composite Materials
  • Construction
  • Efficiency
  • Elements
  • Fabrication
  • Internal Pressure
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.