we 2oled 2416 AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES The Air Force was concerned with determining the structural response o* a Be52D aircraft when subject to side loads. This determination had as an ultimate objective the definition of the delivery capability of the aircraf* for multiple delivery tactics. The data obtained wus successful in verifviii, that the predictionsof weapon effects and the analysis utilized in predicting structural responses were satisfactory. \ range of angles with respec to ground zero from 35 degrees head-on to 180 degrees tail-to in ezimuth, ji-cluding three different elevation angles, were utilized in verifying the an.lysis and predictions. It was concluded that the data obtained wes sufficient to verify the analysis used to predict structural side loads from which the nuclear weapon delivery capcbility for multiple delivery tactics could be defined. The Navy sponsored a project, in which two A4Del aircraft participated jointly in several shots, in order to measure weapon in-puts and etructural responses to high yield weapons. The final objective was the correlation of the data with that of the Plumbbob tests in order to define the high-yield (egaton range) weapon delivery capability of the A4D-1. From the preliminary data obtained it was determined tict mexsured stresses were consistent with predictions obtained from the aralyticii techniques employed, It is antici- pated that additional data obtained from wing pressure instrumentation will assist in further refining the dynamic analysis. Thermal input data was gen- erally substantially lower than predicted although the temperature response calculations based upon measured inputs in general showed good correlation. It was concluded that the data obtained, when combined with thct obtained from Operation Plumbbob and the aircraft performence cheracteristics, will permit the definition of the nuclear we2pon delivery capability of the A4D aircra tee ot ty IED/p9E i RG sys BY Pics So