Description of a hailstone impact simulator, a valuable laboratory apparatus which can be used for such hailstone research as the testing of prospective structural designs or generating data to compare with theory. The simulator consists of a launcher and a velocity-measuring system. It has been successfully used to obtain deformation data on flat sheets and spherical caps of various sizes impacted by hailstones at typical flight velocities. A computer program is described which adequately predicts the damage to a simple structure when impacted by a hailstone.
Prediction of hail damage to aircraft.
International Conference on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology ; 1972 ; Washington, DC
1972-01-01
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Hail Damage to Typical Aircraft Surfaces
AIAA | 1973
|Hail damage to typical aircraft surfaces
AIAA | 1972
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