A Parametric Study of Certain Forcing Functions Related to a Hypersonic Sled.
Abstract
The rail roughness profile and the slipper stiffnesses are the important factors in determining the forcing function in the dynamic analysis of high speed rocket sleds. A parametric study involving a variation in the rail roughness profile and the slipper stiffnesses was performed. This study was carried out by interfacing the NASTRAN structural analysis program and a program called SLEDYNE developed for Holloman AFB. Using NASTRAN a free vibration analysis of the elastic sled body was made in order to obtain the natural frequencies and mode shapes. SLEDYNE simulates the sled ride on the rails and computes a set of inertial forces acting on all the mass points of the sled. The response of the sled to this inertial loading was determined by a NASTRAN static analysis. Two rail roughness profiles were considered, both based on the same set of track measurements, and three values of slipper stiffness were used. Response to the parametric study was measured by the total strain energy of the sled and the displacements of the mass points of the sled. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA094736
Entities
People
- Victoria A. Tischler
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology