TORQUE REQUIREMENTS OF AN IN-FLIGHT SPIN MECHANISM FOR A PRESCRIBED MISSILE ROTATIONAL VELOCITY

Abstract

A method was developed to calculate the torque required to spin a small missile to a specified rotational velocity. The origin of the torque forces is assumed to be a mechanical fixture which utilizes the missile motor exhaust and, therefore, operates as an in-flight spin mechanism. The essential missile parameters are discussed and incorporated in a mathematical treatment which results in algebraic formulae for the calculation of torque.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 1962
Accession Number
AD0297102

Entities

People

  • James S. Bennett
  • K.n. Letson
  • O.g. Wilkerson

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Flow Rate
  • Mass
  • Mass Flow
  • Materials
  • Molecular Orbital Theory
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Self Assembly
  • Time Intervals
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Control Systems Engineering.