Ballistic Survivability Considerations for Aircraft Structures,

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of some structures development programs in which ballistic survivability was a design consideration. Some of these programs treated ballistic damage as a hole of a particular size, with no ballistic testing being performed. In the others, acutal ballistic conditions, including hydraulic ram, were used and ballistic tests were performed. Most of the programs discussed are fuselage programs, including postbuckling (tension field), but one wing program is also discussed. Some of these programs are still underway, but in the final stages of completion.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005048

Entities

People

  • Thomas E. Hess

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Fuselages
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Structural Components
  • Survivability

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • ballistics.