THE EFFECT OF LENGTH ON THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BODIES OF REVOLUTION IN SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
- 1 August 1953
- report
- Published by Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Abstract
More than 300 rocket models of various lengths were fired on the free flight spark range. The data from these firings were analyzed to provide a good determination of the effect of model length on the aerodynamic coefficients for supersonic Mach numbers. The effect of length on dynamic stability was considered in detail. Crude approximations indicated that dynamic stability can be improved by moving the center of mass reward and that quite long models can be stabilized with reasonable gun twists. (See also AD021307)Keywords
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