An Analytical Model of an Impulsive Thruster.

Abstract

The use of impulsive or nearly impulsive thrusters for the maneuvering force on artillery projectiles has recently been of great interest. The computational cost of numerically integrating the force and torque of distributed thrusters has been high.A method is developed for the one-step application of an exact solution of the flight mechanics for a helical thruster distribution on an axisymmetric body.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174397

Entities

People

  • Eugene M. Friedman
  • Michael J. Amoruso
  • Romel Campbell

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Army Training
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flight Simulations
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Simulations
  • Thrusters
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Orbital Debris