A SIMPLIFIED METHOD OF PRELIMINARY DESIGN DRAG ESTIMATES FOR BALLISTIC MISSILES.

Abstract

A simplified method has been established for making and programming engineering approximations of drag coefficient curves which are used in calculating ballistic missile trajectories. Drag estimates normally require a day or more to establish the variation over the required Mach number range. To reduce this time element and thus accelerate preliminary design studies, the simplified technique described herein provides, for most configurations a method for estimating in one half hour or less, the complete drag input information as required for a digital computer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0624321

Entities

People

  • H. M. Bowers

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Digital Computers
  • Engineering
  • Mach Number
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Software Engineering