EVALUATION OF AN EXTENDIBLE AERODYNAMIC DRAG BRAKE FOR MONORAIL ROCKET SLEDS.

Abstract

Velocity versus coast distance measurements on one monorail rocket sled were conducted to obtain quantitative information on the braking effectiveness of an extendible aerodynamic drag brake. The data were obtained by means of ribbon frame cameras and reduced to the form of drag coefficients for the rocket sled and aerodynamic drag brake. The drag brake as described has a drag coefficient of approximately 1.68 in the subsonic regime and approximately 1.8 in the supersonic regime. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654271

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Krupovage

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Drag
  • Coefficients
  • Drag
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Sleds
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow