A Refinement Technique for Unguided Rocket Drag Coefficients

Abstract

A technique for approximating the drag coefficients from radar beacon tracks of previously fired unguided rockets is presented. Corrections for the effect of wind conditions at launch and for the Coriolis and centripetal accelerations due to the rotation of the radar with the earth are included, but the yaw angle is assumed to be zero.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644816

Entities

People

  • Larry E. Traylor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • High Altitude
  • Launchers
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • New Mexico
  • Radiation
  • Sound Ranging
  • Trajectories
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.