Characterization of Stiffening and Damping Materials for Planing Boat Shock Mitigation,

Abstract

The occupants of high-speed planing boats operating in heavy seas are subject to repeated shock loads that can injure or impair performance. Identification and evaluation of shock mitigation concepts requires development of a nonlinear, time-domain, wave-to-wave elastic planing boat/human dynamic simulation. Shock mitigation concepts include the use of various stiffening and damping materials in the cockpit or within the hull structure. This report summarizes a general method for characterizing stiffening and damping materials and devices for use in a time-domain planing boat simulation, and derives the equations for the stiffening characteristics of several materials and devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA316590

Entities

People

  • R. S. Peterson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Identification
  • Materials
  • Shock Mitigation
  • Simulations
  • Stiffening
  • Time Domain

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Materials Science
  • Structural Dynamics.