Missile Aerodynamics - Dim Past and Indefinite Future,

Abstract

The present paper covers two distinctly different subjects. The first subject is the efforts of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army to develop aerial torpedos during World War I. The Navy team had such prominent engineers as Elmer and Lawrence Sperry and Glenn Curtis. The Army team included Charles F. Kettering and Orville Wright. Despite these eminent personalities, a successful aerial torpedo was not developed for use in World War I. The second subject area covered in the paper is suggestions for future work in missile aerodynamics. High angle of attack aerodynamics, engine-airframe integration and autopilot-airframe integration are covered. In addition, the future of asymmetric vortices, external stores, and computational fluid dynamics are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111764

Entities

People

  • Jack N. Nielsen

Organizations

  • Nielsen Engineering & Research (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Landing Gear
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design