MIL-HDBK-2066 Base Document:1999

1 SCOPE
  1.1 General
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
  2.1 Issues of documents
  2.2 Other publications
3 DEFINITIONS
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  4.1 Description of forcing functions
  4.2 Tolerance limits of forcing functions
  4.3 Nondimensional load-stroke diagrams - derivation of
  4.4 Area under the nondimensional load-stroke diagrams
5 DETAIL REQUIREMENTS
  5.1 Launching gear (catapult loads)
      5.1.1 Types of catapults
      5.1.2 Catapult tow force load-stroke tables
            5.1.2.1 Shipboard load-stroke tables
            5.1.2.2 Shorebased load-stroke tables
      5.1.3 Catapult stroke
            5.1.3.1 Shipboard catapult total stroke values
            5.1.3.2 Shorebased catapult total stroke values
      5.1.4 Catapult energy level
      5.1.5 Shorebased catapult end speed
      5.1.6 Peak catapult force
      5.1.7 Catapult primary loading rate
      5.1.8 Sample of calculations
            5.1.8.1 Sample of calculations for shipboard catapults
            5.1.8.2 Sample of calculations for shorebased catapults
  5.2 Recovery gear (arresting loads)
      5.2.1 Arresting gears
      5.2.2 Nondimensional load-stroke diagrams
      5.2.3 Oscillatory nondimensional load-stroke curves
      5.2.4 Runout
            5.2.4.1 Runout for shipboard arrestments
            5.2.4.2 Runout for shorebased arrestments
      5.2.5 Engaging speeds
            5.2.5.1 Engaging speeds for normal arrestments
            5.2.5.2 Engaging speeds for emergency arrestments
      5.2.6 Corrections to the nondimensional diagrams
            5.2.6.1 Corrections for routine arrestments
                    5.2.6.1.1 Corrections for thrust and engaging
                              speed
                    5.2.6.1.2 Correction for wet tape
            5.2.6.2 Correction for emergency engagements
      5.2.7 Diagram dimensional load scale
      5.2.8 Peak arresting force
      5.2.9 Sample of calculations
            5.2.9.1 Sample of calculations for normal arrestments
            5.2.9.2 Sample of calculations for emergency arrestments