SPIN-73 an Updated Version of the SPINNER Computer Program

Abstract

The SPINNER computer program has been updated to compute aerodynamic coefficients for a wide variety of spin stabilized projectile shapes. Improvements over the original program are substantial as ogive radius, meplat diameter and rotating band diameter are accounted for instead of assuming mean values. Test cases are shown comparing the 1969 SPINNER, the 1973 SPINNER and experimental data. Input instructions and sample program outputs are given along with the 1973 program listing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0915628

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Whyte

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diameters
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Guns
  • Inertia
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • New Jersey
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Physical Properties
  • Precession
  • Rotating Bands
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Computer Science.
  • ballistics.