A METHOD OF OBTAINING LINEAR AND ANGULAR ACCELERATIONS USING LINEAR ACCELEROMETERS

Abstract

The study was undertaken to determine the minimum number of linear accelerometers necessary to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of the XSM-65 missiles from flight tests and to obtain the equations for the linear and angular accelerations about the three reference axes in terms of the accelerometer readings. The final results are dependent on the geometric location of the accelerometers so it is recommended that the locations of the instrumentation accelerometers be checked before using the final equations that are set forth here.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1956
Accession Number
AD0829113

Entities

People

  • George J. Bacalis

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Accuracy
  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Base Lines
  • Boost Phase
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Geometry
  • Gravity
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Geodesy