AN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF TIPOFF FORCES ASSOCIATED WITH STAGE SEPARATION OF MULTISTAGE ROCKET VEHICLES

Abstract

A technique is presented whereby tipoff disturbances which may occur during high-altitude stage separation of a multistage rocket vehicle may be readily determined from ground firings under laboratory conditions. Methods are presented for the evaluation by dynamic simulation of the combined dynamic effects of several variables arising from the proximity of the separated lower stage and the firing upper stage motor. Expressions governing mass parameters are derived and presented in terms of relative total accelerations of the two bodies, and a discussion relating geometric parameters to the general simulation problem is given. Appropriate equations are derived which permit the conversion of observed displacements to total tipoff impulse.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0273564

Entities

People

  • H. Wayne Leonard
  • Robert L. Gungle
  • William S. Brosier

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • High Altitude
  • Ignition
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Reconnaissance Vehicles
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Strain Gages
  • Test Facilities
  • Transducers
  • Universal Joints

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.