DESIGN AND VERIFICATION CRITERIA FOR MISSILE WEIGHT-HANDLING EQUIPMENT

This report describes an NSPO sponsored task to evaluate the safety and structural reliability of TRIDENT-C4 missile handling equipment. In a first phase, drafts of new design specifications were examined in view of current government and industry criteria for similar service. In this second phase, design stress allowables as well as a proof loading test policy for verification of structural integrity were assessed by study and experimental programs. Structural elements of mild steel and aluminum alloy weldments and of steel wire rope are taken to typify this service. Potential sources of initial and/or use-related failure include welding defects, cold cracking, lamellar tearing, fatigue, and salt.

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Research Laboratory

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• Authors:
  • Seibert, E R
  • Krafft, J M
  • SMITH, H L
  • O'Hara, G J
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum alloys; Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Cold weather; Cracking; Defects; Design; Failure; Reliability; Safety equipment; Steel; Structural analysis; Tearing; Welds; Wire rope
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cold cracking; Design criteria; Structural reliability; Weld defects
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167751
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Naval Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: 3387
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM