Project "Wizard"

Abstract

This report pertains to the performance and design studies of single stage and multi-stage liquid rockets and to liquid rockets with ramjet boost. Applicability of infrared equipment for early warning and homing is studied; methods of increasing possible ratio of fuel weight to structural weight of dry fuel rocket are worked out. Homing with minimum fuel consumption and calculation of craft and target trajectories during homing stage have been completed. Ramjet and pulsejet performance calculations were finished. Apparatus for study of factors affecting speed of flame propagation has been constructed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1946
Accession Number
ADB817886

Entities

People

  • E. W. Conlon

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Engineering
  • Fire Control Radar
  • Fuels
  • Mach Number
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Radar
  • Radiation
  • Rocket Engines
  • Supersonic Wind Tunnels
  • Target Tracking
  • Trajectories
  • Warning Systems
  • Wind Tunnels
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design