Aircraft Nuclear Survivability Methods.
Abstract
This research presents a new approach for assessing the survivability of aircraft components in nuclear blast and thermal environments is presented iln this dissertation. A nonparametric technique is developed for use in calculating the reliability interference integral. This approach eliminates the need for density function identification and parameter estimation. Furthermore, the method can be used without resorting to large-sample random Monte Carlo simulation or propagation of moments. In addition to this, the derived cumulative distribution function using such a technique exactly interpolates the true distribution function at selected points. The method is applied to the problem of aricraft survivability in nuclear blast environments using failure (strength) distributions found in the literature. It is also applied to the case of aircraft survivability in nuclear thermal environments where direct failure data is not available. Inputs to the engineering models involved are treated statistically and the method is used to rigorously determine the statistical nature of the output variables. (Dissertation) Keywords: Nuclear survivability; Interference theory; Reliability; Nonparametric statistics; Nuclear blast; and Nuclear thermal.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA163218
Entities
People
- Halvor A. Undem
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology