Highly Accurate Measurement of Projectile Trajectories

Abstract

A method has been developed for making very accurate position and angular attitude measurements over the trajectory of gun launched, fin stabilised weapons. The method has been extensively used for free flight testing of weapon models. This report describes the on board instrumentation, the range instrumentation and the experimental procedure used to carry out the trajectory measurements. The post trials processing of the camera records is also described and a brief account given of the analysis used to derive vehicle aerodynamics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329892

Entities

People

  • J. Leathem

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Cameras
  • Camera Shutters
  • Cameras
  • Clocks
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Control Panels
  • Electronics
  • Gas Guns
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Vehicles
  • Time Intervals
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation