A GENERALIZED BALLISTIC FORCE SYSTEM

Abstract

The dependence of the aerodynamic force and moment acting on a missile in free flight on the past history of the missile's motion has been omitted from the Ballistic Theory and only partly considered in the Aerodynamic Theory. In this study the linear terms arising from a consideration of the forces and moments due to acceleration effects are added to the theory of motion. The resulting equations of motion and their solutions yield a more physically complete system, useful to both baliisticians and aerodynamicists in understanding the free flight performance of symmetrical missiles. The expansion of the transverse force and moment for a missile possessing a plane of mirror symmetry is given in an appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0077629

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Murphy
  • John D. Nicolaides

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Bodies
  • Coefficients
  • Complex Numbers
  • Complex Variables
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Slender Bodies
  • Symmetry
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Control Systems Engineering.