Pyroshock Data Acquisition and Analysis for U/RGM-109D Payload Cover Ejection Tests

During the second development test flight of the U/RGM-109D Tomahawk cruise missile, a malfunction occurred in the Cruise Missile Guidance set (CMGS) that is believed to have been initiated by the pyroshock loads resulting from the ejection of the payload bay covers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piersol, Allan G
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCELEROMETERS
Air Navigation and Guidance
Air- and Space-launched Guided Missiles
CAPTIVE TESTS
CMGS(CRUISE MISSILE GUIDANCE SET)
COVERINGS
CRUISE MISSILES
DATA ACQUISITION
FISCAL YEAR 1991
GUIDED MISSILE COMPONENTS
HIGH FREQUENCY
Mechanics
NAVIGATION COMPUTERS
PAYLOAD
PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS
PYROTECHNIC PROJECTORS
PYROTECHNICS
SBI1
SHOCK SPECTRA
SHOCK(MECHANICS)
TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILE
U/RGM-109D TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILE
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Summary:During the second development test flight of the U/RGM-109D Tomahawk cruise missile, a malfunction occurred in the Cruise Missile Guidance set (CMGS) that is believed to have been initiated by the pyroshock loads resulting from the ejection of the payload bay covers.