Theoretical Sensitivity Analysis and System Delivery Accuracy Computations for High and Low Drag Weapons at Several Subsonic and Supersonic Delivery Conditions

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to examine the sensitivity of weapon impact position to errors in pertinent delivery parameters; to examine the combined effect of these delivery errors on overall system accuracy for eight different mil-systems; and to compare the relative accuracy of different delivery conditions (level versus dive, subsonic versus supersonic, high-drag weapon versus low-drag weapon) for each of the eight different mil-systems. This report not only extends the sensitivity analysis (purpose 1) presented in Air Force Armament Laboratory Armament Memorandum Report 69-20 to high-drag weapons and to a much larger range of release conditions, but also includes system accuracy data and relative accuracy data for different delivery conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0878792

Entities

People

  • Arthur R. Denny
  • Jesse M. Gonzalez

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Angular Motion
  • Computations
  • Drag
  • Export Controls
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Impact Point
  • Low Drag
  • Miss Distance
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Weapon Delivery Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow