Effect of a Lift Variation on the Impact of a Rolling Reentry Vehicle.

Abstract

An analytical description of the effect of roll rate variation on reentry vehicle impact has been extended to include the effect of step changes in trim angle of attack. Simple analytical descriptions of the effect of step change in trim at a constant roll rate and in combination with a step change in roll rate are presented also. Results obtained using these expressions are compared with those obtained from six-degree-of-freedom trajectory simulations of the same cases. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1971
Accession Number
AD0743890

Entities

People

  • J. P. Crenshaw

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Simulations
  • Trim Angle
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.