ANALYSIS OF OPTIMUM STAGING RATIOS FOR ROCKETS WITH FIXED AND PROPELLANT-DEPENDENT STRUCTURAL FACTORS,

Abstract

This report was prepared to document a study of optimum weight ratios of multi-stage rockets. The study includes the effects of gravity and of stage inert weights expressed as a constant plus a term proportional to stage propellant weight. This report includes the case of no gravity field and the case of vertical flight in a constant gravity field. A subsequent report will present the case of general ballistic flight in a constant gravity field. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1960
Accession Number
AD0673056

Entities

People

  • F. R. Sedlund

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energetic Materials
  • Propellants

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Rocket Propulsion.