Development of a Nine Inch Diameter, Mach 5.5, Monorail, Rocket Sled

Abstract

A nine inch diameter monorail rocket sled was designed, fabricated and tested at Holloman Air Force Base. The vehicle was designed to allow easy replacement of appendages which were subject to severe aerodynamic heating and/or high wear rates. The monorail vehicle as described was shown to be capable of reaching 6200 feet per second and of being recovered with water brake entrance velocities up to 2000 feet per second. Drag coefficients up to Mach 5 were obtained and are presented in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0692733

Entities

People

  • Berle E. Engle
  • Daniel J. Krupovage

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Heating
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Refractory Materials
  • Rocket Sleds
  • Test Vehicles
  • Thermal Spraying
  • Vehicles
  • Water Brakes

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Explosive Engineering.