Operation HARDTACK. Project 5.3. In-Flight Structural Response of FJ-4 Aircraft to Nuclear Detonations

Abstract

The objectives of this project were to (1) measure the effects Input and structural response of the FJ-4 aircraft when subjected In flight to the effects of high-yield nuclear detonations; (2) correlate the data obtained by this project with the data obtained from the FJ-4 participation In Operation Plumbbob; and (3) define and verify the Class D delivery capability of this aircraft. Radiant exposure, nuclear radiation, and overpressure were the phenomena limiting the proximity of the test aircraft to the detonations. Positioning an aircraft for the collection of data was accomplished by the use of a racetrack flight pattern with the final leg traversing surface zero so that the aircraft was either tall-on or directly over detonation point at time of shock arrival.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA995486

Entities

People

  • D. A. Smith
  • G. A. Pierce
  • J. H. Walls
  • K. C. Holmboe
  • R. W. Harr

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Atmospheres
  • Birds
  • Blast
  • Convection
  • Dynamic Response
  • Elastic Properties
  • Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.