VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN CHARACTERISTICS OF MISSILE ANTENNAS.

Abstract

Instrumentation and results of two antenna breakdown experiments under supersonic flight conditions are presented. Nike-Cajun rockets carried the instrumentations to altitudes in excess of 300,000 feet at velocities up to 5000 feet per second. Aerodynamic, vehicle outgassing and sun illumination effects on the X-band and the VHF antenna voltage breakdown characteristics were observed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1968
Accession Number
AD0839482

Entities

People

  • Raimundas Sukys

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Flight
  • Illumination
  • Instrumentation
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Outgassing
  • Supersonic Flight
  • Velocimeters
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow