TWCP Electron Beam Testing Program. Volume I. Summary

Abstract

Volume I of four volumes. Summarizes the results of a series of electron beam tests that: (1) characterized the Maxwell Laboratory's Blackjack III pulsed electron beam facility for material response studies related to nuclear weapons effects on reentry vehicle heat-shield materials; (2) developed a set of instrumentation to diagnose the electron beam environment and measure material response as to impulse and stress generation; and (3) generated impulse and stress data on FM5822A carbon phenolic and 91-LD phenolic resin materials. The data generated demonstrated the utility of the Blackjack III facility and will be used in a separate program entitled, 'TWCP Correlation Program.' The instrumentation developed are applicable to these types of tests on a variety of facilities. The environmental diagnostical instrumentation achieved a significant reduction in experimental uncertainties when compared to prior techniques. This program was conducted within the framework of the Nuclear Hardness Evaluation Procedures Program and the concepts developed therein.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 1979
Accession Number
ADA086211

Entities

People

  • F. A. Bick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Calorimeters
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Energy
  • Interferometers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics