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Project 5:5-~ In-Flight Particifation of an F-84-F - lst Lt R. F. Mitchell
OBJECTIVE
Sideloads F-~84F - The objective of this participation was to
study the dynamic response of fighter structure to anti-symmetric
blast loads,
INSTRUMENTATION
Waiter - Instrumentation of primary concern consisted of 37
thermocouples located in the right flap, right aileron, right wing,
right stabilizer and the engine inlet and outlet.
Correlative
instrumentation consisted of time zero fiducial signal, radiometer,
and calorimeters located at Sta, 80, bottomside of the fuselage.
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Barley - The instrumentation consisted of strain gage bridges
located at Sta. 90 and 150 on left and right wing; Sta. 365 on the
fuselage; Flt. Sta. 12 and 35.5 on the left and right stabilizer and
W.L. 20 and 53 on the fin.
The forementioned strain gage bridges
yielded bending moment information.
Structural responses were related
to energy inputs with overpressure transducers located on a nose boom
and in the sides of the fuselage.
A total of 100 channels of
infor-
mation were capable of being recorded.
AIRCRAFT POSITION IN SPACE
The aircraft was flying at an absolute altitude of 6,060 feet on
an inbound heading of 050° 30! T at t+
The horizontal range and
offset were - 8,083 feet and 12,024 feet respectively.
The shock ar-
rival position (at H # 10.3 seconds) was 6,060 feet altitude; 12,256
feet offset; and / 830 feet horizontal range.
close to the intended positions,
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