Sandia National Laboratories uses computer aided design (CAD) equipment for electrical, mechanical, architectural, cartographic and technical illustration applications in support of nuclear weapons design. This paper describes how CAD assists the weapons design team, with emphasis on the design drafting, engineering analysis, and technical arts functions. CAD benefits gained in packaging weapons at various levels of assembly are described. Geometric models and their mass properties are passed through a network of CAD computers to a super mini-computer for plot post-processing, analysis, animation and numerical control code generation. While non-quantitative CAD benefits are emphasized, one study which attempted to quantify printed wiring board layout productivity is also presented.


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    Title :

    An overview of nuclear weapons CAD applications


    Additional title:

    CAD-Anwendungen beim Entwurf von Kernwaffen


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    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 17 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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