Accession Number:

ADA048356

Title:

Numerical Simulation of the Air Blast Response of Tapered Cantilever Beams

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT SUFFIELDRALSTON (ALBERTA)

Personal Author(s):

• Price, G. V.

Report Date:

1977-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

A numerical procedure is developed to predict the elastic response of variable cross-section cantilever beams when subjected to a transient air blast load. Computed natural frequencies and transient strains were in reasonable agreement with experimentally obtained values.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• *ANTENNAS
• *BLAST LOADS
• *CANTILEVER BEAMS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• FIBERGLASS
• CANADA
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• AIRBURST
• BLAST WAVES
• STRUCTURAL RESPONSE
• WHIP ANTENNAS
• BENDING STRESS
• BENDING MOMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE