Australian Aerodynamic Design Codes for Aerial Tow Bodies.

Abstract

An overview is presented of the design codes developed in Australia that are directly applicable or related to the Aerodynamics of towed bodies. In view of the continuing need for increasingly sophisticated towed targets, often as an alternative to costly subscale targets, a collaborative activity was undertaken to: 1) review the availability and applicability of existing design codes for the free flight phase of deployed aerial tow bodies in the subsonic and supersonic flight regimes; and 2) recommend either an existing design approach or cooperative action to provide a satisfactory capability. In this report, an overview of the design codes developed in Australia that are directly applicable or related to the aerodynamics of towed bodies is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 27, 1987
Accession Number
ADA189048

Entities

People

  • N. Matheson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Geometry
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Time Intervals
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics