Moments on a Coning Projectile by a Spinning Liquid in Porous Media

Abstract

Moments are predicted due to an inviscid liquid payload flowing in a sequence of end to uniform cylinders stacked in columns displaced off the spin axis of a coning projectile during free flight. These moments are then compared to moments generated by flow of the same liquid that saturates porous media contained in a sequence of uniform cylinders along the projectile symmetry axis. A modification to the classical Stewartson theory and is added to describe inertial waves in porous media. This theory is used to analysis the inertial waves produced in the liquid by the projectile coning motion. The resulting side moments are examined in reference to the type of porous media used and the assumed cylinder geometry subjected to applied coning frequencies. Eigen-frequencies and their impact on liquid moments are discussed concerning the stability of the free flight projectile.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA444065

Entities

People

  • Gene R. Cooper

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Astronautics
  • Bessel Functions
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Euler Equations
  • Flight
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Free Flight
  • Frequency
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Sequences
  • Symmetry

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.