Multi-Lobed Buoyant Launch Capsule

Abstract

A launch capsule assembly having a buoyant main body for a payload of a missile or other unmanned vehicle. The main body includes a plurality of lobes contributing to its interior. The lobes project perpendicular to and away from the longitudinal axis of the main body with the interior of each projecting lobe sized to accommodate at least one projecting fin of the payload. The top of the main body removably attaches to a top cap projecting hydrodynamically from the main body. The bottom of the main body removably attaches to a bottom cap machined to have a matching cross-section to the main body of the capsule.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 2003
Accession Number
ADD020140

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Plunkett

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Assembly
  • Attachment
  • Attorneys
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Explosive Bolts
  • Explosives
  • Fiberglass
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Stiffening
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy