Prediction of hail damage to aircraft.Description of a hailstone impact simulator, a valuable laboratory apparatus which can be used for such hailstone research as the testing of prospective structural designs or generating data to compare with theory. The simulator consists of a launcher and a velocity-measuring system. It has been successfully used to obtain deformation data on flat sheets and spherical caps of various sizes impacted by hailstones at typical flight velocities. A computer program is described which adequately predicts the damage to a simple structure when impacted by a hailstone.
Document ID
19720045189
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Hayduk, R. J. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Subject Category
Facilities, Research, And Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Conference on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology