TECHNIQUES OF MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC MOTION WITH APPLICATION TO SOME REENTRY EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

An automatic technique, utilizing a large high speed computer for the analysis of records obtained from accelerometers, pressure gauges and gyros installed in the re-entry vehicles of the Black Knight rocket, is described. It is shown that this enables a suitable arrangement of only three accelerometers to yield trajectory data, angular motion and the aerodynamic characteristics of the re-entry body. Examples of the analysis of accelerometer and rate gyro data are given and the lines of further development and some applications are indicated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0361150

Entities

People

  • A. P. Waterfall

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Angular Motion
  • Ballistic Cameras
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Experimental Data
  • Frequency
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Tape Recorders
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.