Accession Number:

AD0847726

Title:

An Analysis of Airblast Loading of Structures.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Jan 65-May 68,

Corporate Author:

NEW MEXICO UNIV ALBUQUERQUE ERIC H WANG CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH FACILITY

Personal Author(s):

• Clark, Robert O.
• McMurtry, Wayne M.

Report Date:

1969-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

Part 1 deals with relationships between shock diffraction and the quasi-steady shock loading of structures. Part 2 of this report deals with shock pressure-time measurements on a conical structure and shows how these measurements are used to calculate a quasi-steady drag coefficient which is practically identical to the drag coefficient of the structure measured in the wind tunnel. If these coefficients of drag are nearly identical for all structures at the same flow Mach numbers, wind tunnel tests of structures can be used to determine quasi-steady loading by shock waves. Author

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• SHOCK WAVES
• LOADS(FORCES)
• BLAST
• CONICAL BODIES
• DRAG
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• SHOCK TUBES
• STAGNATION POINT
• TEST METHODS

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missiles
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE