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Missile
About: Missile is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 12829 publications have been published within this topic receiving 94307 citations. The topic is also known as: guided missile & missiles.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method for high-fidelity surface temperature and thermal transient calculations for missile configurations is described, and the key technical requirements for these predictions are accurate heat transfer coefficient distributions as functions of time and a coupled, transient thermal solution.
Abstract: A method for high-fidelity surface temperature and thermal transient calculations for missile configurations is described. The key technical requirements for these predictions are accurate heat transfer coefficient distributions as functions of time and a coupled, transient thermal solution. These requirements have been met by integrating the capabilities of two computer codes. The Maneuvering Aerotherm Shape Change Code is used to determine the convective boundary conditions based on a prescribed trajectory. At each time step, these boundary conditions are applied to the surface nodes. The Charring Material Thermal Response and Ablation Program is used to determine the conduction of heat into the body, the charring of the materials, and ablation from the surface during the time step. This explicit coupling is continued throughout the entire flight. The methodology is verified with comparisons to the arc heater and flight-test data. A final demonstration of the code's capability is shown with a lethality sled test on an airframe prototype subjected to multiple environmental mediums (air/helium).
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Patent•
26 Sep 1934
TL;DR: This invention relates to missile projecting devices, and has for an object the provision of new and improved devices of this character as discussed by the authors. In the drawings accompanying this specificaStion and forming a part of this application, I have shown, for purposes of illustration, embodiments which my...
Abstract: This invention relates to missile projecting devices, and has for an object the provision of new and improved devices of this character. In the drawings accompanying this specificaStion and forming a part of this application, I have shown, for purposes of illustration, embodiments which my...
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Book•
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the physics of the fluid mechanics phenomena associated with tactical missile flight and the full range of prediction methods required to analyze current and future missiles, as well as present a two-volume set of articles.
Abstract: This two-volume set includes discussions of the physics of the fluid mechanics phenomena associated with tactical missile flight and the full range of prediction methods required to analyze current and future missiles. It's a valuable resource for missile aerodynamicists, designers, and researchers.
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TL;DR: In this article, a concise treatment of the dynamics associated with coning instabilities is presented, and illustrative examples of classical missile and spacecraft coning instability are reviewed, as well as a detailed analysis of the relationship between the angle of attack of a spinning missile in atmospheric flight and the coning angle of spin-stabilized spacecraft.
Abstract: : The destabilizing effect of yaw or Magnus-type moments on the angle-of-attack behavior of spinning missiles is well known to the missile designer. Yaw moments can also have a destabilizing (or stabilizing) effect on the attitude or coning motion of spinning spacecraft. The analogy might not be readily apparent because of the difference between the angle of attack of a spinning missile in atmospheric flight and the coning angle of spin-stabilized spacecraft. A concise treatment of the dynamics associated with coning instabilities is presented, and illustrative examples of classical missile and spacecraft coning instabilities are reviewed.
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TL;DR: In this article, full-order modeling of 1 vs 1 engagements with medium range missiles is discussed, including constraints in dynamic pressure, radar visibility and load factors, and compared to a simulation result using a typical air combat simulation computer program.
Abstract: Strategies for unmanned air combat simulation are usually constructed by synthesizing control laws derived from pilot behaviour analysis. Typical maneuver sequences are: pre-launch maneuvering for favourable missile launch conditions, post-launch maneuvering for deterioration of anticipated counterfire, missile avoidance, reattack. An alternate procedure for developing such strategies consists of modelling the air combat scenario as a differential game problem—or a series of such problems and applying differential game theory. In this paper full order modelling of 1 vs 1 engagements with medium range missiles is discussed, including constraints in dynamic pressure, radar visibility and load factors. As an example the open-loop solution of a characteristic pursuit-evasion problem is presented and compared to a simulation result using a typical air combat simulation computer program.
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