Symmetric Missile Dynamic Instabilities - A Review

Abstract

Dynamic instabilities observed for symmetric missiles and projectiles arise from a large variety of causes. These include unstable linear damping moments, and different nonlinear in-plane and out-of-plane damping moments for non spinning re-entry vehicles, nonlinear Magnus moments for spinning missiles, and internal resonance with moving payload components. If aerodynamic trim is present, linear spin-yaw resonance can occur as well as nonlinear subharmonic motions and a number of other limit motions. This report gives a complete survey of these possibilities with a number of actual case histories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA085022

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Murphy

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aeronautics
  • Aircrafts
  • Angular Motion
  • Asymmetry
  • Complex Variables
  • Computer Simulations
  • Crystal Structure
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Frequency
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Physics Laboratories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.