A COMPUTER STUDY OF THE WIND FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF UNGUIDED ROCKETS

Abstract

The wind frequency response of several unguided rockets was studied using data collected by simultaneous releases of a jimsphere and a standard 100 gm balloon. Results show there can be large differences in the predicted rocket impacts using the two balloons. High wind frequencies are shown to affect the rocket only to a small degree and can be ignored in real-time rocket impact prediction applications. Averaging winds over a fifty-foot layer gives results comparable to the best Fourier smooth and binomial filter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0667922

Entities

People

  • Edward M. D'arcy

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computers
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Fourier Series
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Research Facilities
  • Rocket Trajectories
  • Simulations
  • Spectra
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.