Aeroballistic evaluation of kinetic energy (KE) penetrators for electromagnetic (EM) gun applications

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Plostins, Peter ^a   Soencksen, Keith P ^a   Zielinski, Alexander E ^a   Hayden, Tim ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kaman Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DESIGN; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOFTWARE TESTING;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ANGLES OF ATTACK; CENTER OF GRAVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNS; LINEAR AERODYNAMICS; NON-LINEAR AERODYNAMICS; PENETRATOR DESIGN; TAIL CONFIGURATION;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 84962159373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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