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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 was developed for estimating the nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics of a missile wing and control surfaces. But the method is based on the assumption that if a fin on a body has the same normal-force coefficient as a wing alone composed of two of the same fins joined together at their root chords, then the other force and moment coefficients of the fin and the wing alone are the same.
Abstract: A method has been developed for estimating the nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics of missile wing and control surfaces. The method is based on the assumption that if a fin on a body has the same normal-force coefficient as a wing alone composed of two of the same fins joined together at their root chords, then the other force and moment coefficients of the fin and the wing alone are the same, including the nonlinearities. The method can be used for deflected fins at arbitrary bank angles and at high angles of attack. In this paper a full derivation of the method is given, its accuracy is demonstrated, and its use in extending missile data bases is shown.

40 citations

Patent
24 Aug 1993
TL;DR: In this article, a high-pressure water system which can be generated by a water jet or a body of water explosively created from a water surface is used to change the density of the water medium.
Abstract: A missile defense system generates a change in density in the air path of a missile. The density change is created by a high-pressure water system which can be generated by a water jet or a body of water explosively created from a water surface. When operating against a waterborne missile, the density of the water medium is changed. The change in density creates an effective barrier against an incoming missile.

40 citations

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TL;DR: Numerical simulation results show that the proposed impact time and angle constrained guidance law has a good performance even though the missile has a constant acceleration.

40 citations

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TL;DR: Several aspects of the missile flight control system are explored, including its role in the overall missile system, its subsystems, types of flight control systems, design objectives, and design challenges.
Abstract: The flight control system is a key element that allows the missile to meet its system performance requirements. The objective of the flight control system is to force the missile to achieve the steering commands developed by the guidance system. The types of steering commands vary depending on the phase of flight and the type of interceptor. For example, in the boost phase the flight control system may be designed to force the missile to track a desired flight-path angle or attitude. In the midcourse and terminal phases the system may be designed to track acceleration commands to effect an intercept of the target. This article explores several aspects of the missile flight control system, including its role in the overall missile system, its subsystems, types of flight control systems, design objectives, and design challenges. Also discussed are some of APL's contributions to the field, which have come primarily through our role as Technical Direction Agent on a variety of Navy missile programs.

40 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a conceptual design of an underwater missile launcher, which will be more difficult to detect by the enemy than conventional surface missile launchers which are currently being used.

40 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20241
2023270
2022639
2021202
2020352
2019451