Assessment of Materials for Application to Modern Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Vehicles

Abstract

The Study includes a historical overview of airships and the materials used in their construction and includes sections dealing with the following: current status of materials and their use for LTA applications; experimental work; and conclusions and recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1977
Accession Number
ADA081364

Entities

People

  • E. T. Vadala

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerostats
  • Aircrafts
  • Airships
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Blimps
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Polymeric Films
  • Stress Strain Relations

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.