The Aerodynamics Range: A National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark

Abstract

On the evening of 21 October 1982, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) designated the Aerodynamics Range at the Ballistic Research Laboratory as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. The award recognizes the facility as the world's first large-scale, fully instrumented ballistic range capable of producing data on the aerodynamic characteristics of missiles in free flight. This publication describes the Range and examines the associated contributions made to technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128042

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aircrafts
  • Bombs
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flight
  • Free Flight
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Projectiles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
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