Hypervelocity Inflight Trajectory Scatter (HITS) Code. User's Manual

Abstract

This report is a User's Manual for the HITS computer code. The HITS code statistically evaluates projectile dispersion, which is the dispersion associated with the inflight behavior of a gun launched projectile. Projectile dispersion is a fundamental limit on overall weapon system effectiveness. The code is an automated computer-based analytic procedure for computing crossrange and downrange dispersion error budgets and sensitivity coefficients to the sources of projectile dispersion. The error budgets statistically define projectile dispersion at a level conducive to interpretation and comprehensive understanding. Since this report is a User's Manual, the emphasis is placed on providing the information necessary to operate the code and interpret the results. Detailed input/output information is summarized in tables featuring step-by-step cook-book instructions. Example problems are discussed. Appendices present the theoretical and programming fine points, as well as the complete program listing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027670

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Bellaire
  • Theodore O. Gustafson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight Paths
  • Geometry
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapon System Effectiveness

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics