Structural Considerations for the Recovery of Air-to-Air Missiles,

Abstract

The recovery of air-to-air missiles for training and evaluation is a cost and asset saving technique for consideration of the missile community. Cost, environmental, logistic, and physical constraints require decisions that complicate the structural designers task. Some considerations for design are discussed. An example showing possible trade-offs is given. A discussion of structural considerations is then followed by concluding statements. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111796

Entities

People

  • Arvid A. Anderson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Bulkheads
  • Buoyancy
  • Coefficients
  • Communities
  • Deceleration
  • Deployment
  • Diameters
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Sequences
  • Structural Integrity
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design