Effectiveness of Nylon Drag Straps for Braking Monorail Sleds

Abstract

Velocity versus coast distance measurements on two monorail rocket sleds were conducted on the Holloman track to obtain numerical information on the braking effectiveness of nylon drag straps. The data were obtained from ribbon frame camera readings and reduced to the form of drag area of the sleds and the drag straps. The straps as described are shown to increase the effective drag area of the monorail sleds used by approximately one square foot and to be an effective means for reducing recovery distance in the speed range below approximately 700 ft/sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645449

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  • Daniel J. Krupovage

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerodynamic Drag
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Digital Computers
  • Drag
  • Equations
  • Flow Fields
  • Friction
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Recovery
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Velocity

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  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Fluid Dynamics.