Monolithic F-16 Uniform Thickness Stretched Acrylic Canopy Transparency Program

Abstract

This report documents the successful efforts to manufacture a subscale stretched acrylic canopy transparency of near uniform thickness. The report also provides the results of high temperature acrylic tensile tests, simple geometry forming tests and finite element computer models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140645

Entities

People

  • R. Hopkins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Canopies
  • Arm Bones
  • Birds
  • Computers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Working
  • Physical Properties
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Modulus
  • Tensile Properties
  • Tensile Strain
  • Tensile Stress
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicle Equipment

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Reinforced Composite Materials