DETERMINATION OF ANGLE-OF-ATTACK FROM ANGULAR RATES: KINEMATIC SOLUTION,

Abstract

The time history of the angle-of-attack for a re-entry vehicle is determined from knowledge of the angular rates about the body axes. The method presented utilizes Eulerian angle relationships between a moving set of body axes and a set of axes fixed with respect to inertial space. These equations are integrated to yield data defining the history of the rotational motion of the vehicle. A numerical filter is applied to this data to separate the motion due to the vehicle aerodynamic oscillation from the motion due to gravity and from the fictitious motion due to drift in the process of integration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1959
Accession Number
AD0606820

Entities

People

  • Denis Brasket

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Oscillation

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers