Accession Number:
ADA023621
Title:
Analysis of Shock-Absorbing Concepts for Bird-Proof Windshields of Advanced Air Force Vehicles
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Apr 1972-Nov 1974
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE FLIGHT DYNAMICS LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1976-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
284.0
Abstract:
Shock-absorbing windshields and mounting frames are required in advanced AF aircraft to permit mission continuance after a hit by a bird in low level, high speed flight. Analytical structural models of bird strike-proof, high visibility window systems are optimized using existing glazing materials, designs for realistic environmental conditions, and the influencing factors of proposed shock absorbing mechanisms. Theoretical results generated are compared with published experimental data. Parametric studies of structural response due to impact loading and damping of dynamic stresses due to energy absorption were performed to provide preliminary design data for windscreen protection against bird strike.
Descriptors:
- *WINDSHIELDS
- *SHOCK MITIGATION
- COMPOSITE MATERIALS
- LAMINATES
- HIGH VELOCITY
- DYNAMIC RESPONSE
- VISCOELASTICITY
- DAMPING
- SHOCK ABSORBERS
- ACRYLIC RESINS
- GLASS
- FORTRAN
- FINITE DIFFERENCE THEORY
- IMPACT SHOCK
- HIGH STRENGTH
- STRUCTURAL RESPONSE
- VISIBILITY
- BIRD STRIKES
- JET FIGHTERS
- DYNAMIC LOADS
- DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
- POLYCARBONATES
- LOW ALTITUDE
- MOUNTING BRACKETS
- PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
- COMPUTER PROGRAMS
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
Subject Categories:
- Mechanics