DEMONSTRATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A HYPERVELOCITY CLUSTER WARHEAD

Abstract

This report describes a field experiment conducted to study the feasibility of using only inertial and aerodynamic forces to deploy a cluster of dense, inert, low-drag submissiles into a narrow conical pattern subsequent to burnout of a high-acceleration rocket which has accelerated the warhead to a velocity in the low hypersonic region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 19, 1964
Accession Number
AD0366849

Entities

People

  • Harry S. Ransom
  • Kenneth F. Cannon
  • William B. Richardson
  • William E. Preston

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Bombs
  • Cameras
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Cluster Warheads
  • Drag
  • High Acceleration
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Rocket Engines
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Vehicles
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow