MISSILE TRACKING FROM SHOCK RECORDINGS,

Abstract

Equations are developed for determining the speed and direction of motion of a supersonic missile in terms of the times of arrival of the shock at various microphones. Three or more microphones must be placed along the x, y and z axes at each of three or more stations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0831567

Entities

People

  • Walter P. Reid

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Equipment
  • Electroacoustic Transducers
  • Equations
  • Microphones

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics