Accession Number:

AD0856418

Title:

Response of Reentry-Vehicle-Type Shells to Transient Surface Pressures.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. 16 Jan 67-16 Jan 68,

Corporate Author:

SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA POULTER LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Lindberg, Herbert E.
• Sliter, George E.

Report Date:

1969-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

296.0

Abstract:

A combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the response of reentry-vehicle-type shells subjected to symmetric and asymmetric transient surface loads was conducted. The principle objective of the study was to observe and analyze the modes of response and determine critical loads for damage. The loads were of durations ranging from a few microseconds to several milliseconds and included simulated shock-on-shock interaction loads. The influence of load symmetry, length-to-diameter ratio, cover thickness, and shell end conditions on buckling, cracking, and end shearing was examined in detail. Author

Descriptors:

• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• *SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS)
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• VULNERABILITY
• LOADS(FORCES)
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• SHEAR STRESSES
• BUCKLING
• SHOCK(MECHANICS)
• HEAT SHIELDS
• BLAST
• DETONATION WAVES
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• TRANSIENTS

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Reentry Vehicles
• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE