Experimental Investigations at Mach 0.8 of the Stability and Control Characteristics of Missile Configurations with Wraparound Surfaces.

Abstract

The aerodynamic feasibility of using wraparound lifting, stabilizing, and controlling surfaces on tube-launched bank-to-turn missile configurations is established by wind tunnel tests at high subsonic speeds. Test results show that the stability and control characteristics of a wraparound-surface configuration are as good or better than those of an equivalent planar-surface configuration. Predictions based on planar surfaces agree well with test results when surface-to-surface interference is not present. An improved prediction method for tail efficiency of wraparound-surface configurations is shown. Several configurational design preferences are indicated by the test results, including high wings with concave side windward, horizontal tails mounted with their concave side windward when in the undeflected position, and a windward directional stabilizer. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048849

Entities

People

  • E. F. Lucero

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Airfoils
  • Bibliographies
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Exterior Ballistics
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Mach Number
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Vertical Stabilizers
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.