Accession Number:

AD0837050

Title:

ROCKET SLED BLAST SIMULATION FEASIBILITY STUDY. VOLUME III. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Apr 64-Sep 67,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE WEAPONS LAB KIRTLAND AFB NM

Personal Author(s):

• Fisher, Cary A.
• Pucik, Robert J.
• Suttle, James H.
• Smith, Manning D.

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

304.0

Abstract:

A series of environmental tests was conducted during the development of the Rocket Sled Blast Simulation Technique. This technique used a rocket sled to propel a full-scale reentry vehicle through simulated nuclear environments. Three free-air TNT detonations and six Freon 114-filled, explosively driven plywood shock tube tests were conducted and the results are discussed. The results of conventional shock tube tests that verify how well Freon 114 as a test gas conformed to theory are also presented. Author

Descriptors:

• BLAST
• ROCKET SLEDS
• SIMULATION
• SHOCK TUBES
• SHOCK WAVES
• PRESSURE
• FLUORINATED HYDROCARBONS
• TNT
• THERMODYNAMICS
• EQUATIONS OF STATE
• TRACKS(AERODYNAMICS)
• TEST VEHICLES
• TEST METHODS

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Guided Missiles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE