MISSILE PERFORMANCE STUDY WITH BLOW-OFF COWL ENGINES,

Abstract

The performance was studied of a typical missile design utilizing four different types of blow-off cowl ramjet engines. Comparisons are made with vehicle performance using conventional ramjet engines. The results show no worthwhile performance gain with any of the blow-off cowl engines even for the favorable case where they are installed on a relatively clean low drag airframe of the X-7 type. Although, percentage-wise, large thrust increases are possible with normal shock blow-off cowls, the thrusts were still too low for practical application on existing or proposed missile designs. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 13, 1956
Accession Number
AD0370472

Entities

People

  • H. M. Bowers
  • J. G. Hanson

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Drag
  • Engines
  • Low Drag
  • Ramjet Engines

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering