Project 5.3 participated in Operation Plumbbob to: (1) measure thermal and blast response of the FJ-4 airplane to nuclear explosion effects, (2) correlate experimental response data with the analytical predictions to confirm the delivery capability of the FJ-4 aircraft, and (3) obtain data to improve methods of predicting the blast response of swept-wing aircraft. Two aircraft, a primary and a standby, were flown during the operation. Provisions were included for identical instrumentation in the two aircraft. This instrumentation provided for acquisition of data on thermal input and response of thin-skin and honeycomb structures, nuclear effects, overpressures, dynamic response, engine response, and chord-wise pressure distribution over the swept wing. (Author)


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    Title :

    In-Flight Structural Response of FJ-4 Aircraft to Nuclear Detonations


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    188 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English