Drag and moment coefficients measured during flight testing of a 2.75-in rocket

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Gordon Brown, T ^a   Brandon, Fred J ^a   Hathaway, Wayne ^b   Harkins, Thomas ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Arrow Tech Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DOPPLER RADAR; DRAG; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

ACCELEROMETER DATA; AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ANGULAR MOTIONS; FLIGHT INFORMATION; FUNCTION OF TIME; MOMENT COEFFICIENT; RADIAL VELOCITY DATUM; SIX-DEGREE OF FREEDOMS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

EID: 84983185843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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