Store Separation: State-of-the-Art
Abstract
Fields of past and present activity related to the development of operationally safe release envelopes for stores separating from aircraft in flight are surveyed. Various available theoretical methods for determining the complex interfering flow fields around aircraft-store combinations are examined, and some show promise sufficient to warrant further development on a priority basis. Available wind tunnel scale testing techniques are described. A degree of uncertainty remains as to the accuracy with which wind tunnel data can be employed to represent full-scale flight conditions. It is probable that much of the existing correlation data between full-scale experience and wind tunnel testing, is invalid or inconclusive. Extensive flight testing, cumbersome and expensive, must still be employed at the present time for complete and final certification of store separation envelopes. There is a great need for a general mathematical model and computational capability that can describe the separation motion of stores from aircraft readily and accurately.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0914363
Entities
People
- Bertha M. Ryan
- Leonard W. Seeley
- Richard E. Meeker
Organizations
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake