Accession Number:
ADA225029
Title:
Evaluation of Potential Damage to Unconventional Structures by Sonic Booms
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Nov 1988-Jan 1990
Corporate Author:
WYLE LABS EL SEGUNDO CA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1990-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
274.0
Abstract:
Supersonic operations of U.S. Air Force aircraft cause sonic booms which may be the source of damage to unconventional structures. This problem is addressed in this report by 1 a literature survey of damage prediction and damage assessment techniques for such structures 2 development of a statistical model for sonic boom overpressures with emphasis on supersonic operating areas SOAs employed for air combat maneuver training 3 development of an analytical model to predict the probability of damage 4 execution of a limited experimental program at White Sands Missile Range to evaluate response and potential damage of two unconventional structures in support of the prediction model and finally 5 definition of algorithms for use in the Air Force ASAN computer program for evaluation of the probability of damage to unconventional structures from sonic booms.
Descriptors:
- *DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
- *BUILDINGS
- *FLIGHT MANEUVERS
- COMPUTER PROGRAMS
- MATHEMATICAL MODELS
- ALGORITHMS
- AIR FORCE
- MILITARY AIRCRAFT
- DAMAGE
- OVERPRESSURE
- SONIC BOOM
- AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT
- NOISE
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
- MANEUVERS
- AERIAL WARFARE
- STRUCTURES
- PROBABILITY
- PREDICTIONS
- MODELS
- TRAINING
- FLIGHT TRAINING
- LITERATURE SURVEYS
Subject Categories:
- Military Aircraft Operations
- Humanities and History
- Structural Engineering and Building Technology