Magnus Effects on Ballistic Trajectories.

Abstract

The effect of Magnus coefficients, projectile spin rate, and pitching motion on lateral displacement of a ballistic trajectory is investigated by use of a six degree of freedom simulation. The coefficients had no significant effect. Increased spin rate extends the projectile impact point both down range and cross range. Oscillations induced by rate motion increased the lateral deviation but oscillations induced by an initial displacement did not. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048966

Entities

People

  • James D. Schneider

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Angular Momentum
  • Ballistic Trajectories
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Impact Point
  • Mach Number
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Momentum
  • Projectiles
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.