A HEURISTIC EXAMINATION OF THE KINEMATICS OF SIMPLIFIED ROCKET TRAILS

Abstract

Individual aspects of the complex integrated behavior of missile trails are treated. Missile trail shapes are examined under simplified assumptions to give an intuitive case to later more detailed studies. The assumptions are: (1) no significant interaction between the exhaust matter (either molecules or particulate matter) and the ambient atmosphere occurs; (2) the acceleration of the rocket is assumed constant; (3) a simple cosine law of velocities is assumed for the emitted particles. The analysis indicates, in a simple fashion, some of the complex morphology and phenomena due to the kinematics of missile trails and serves as a rough guide to future work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0274153

Entities

People

  • J. Pressman
  • R. Casey

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Exterior Ballistics
  • Flight Paths
  • Gases
  • Government Procurement
  • High Altitude
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Particle Size
  • Particle Trajectories
  • Particles
  • Particulate Matter
  • Particulates
  • Photographs
  • Trajectories

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  • Spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.