Title

Maximum Winds and Missile Responses

Date

1961

Index Abstract

Coming Soon

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AFCRL 810

Creator

Salmela, Henry A.

Court, Arnold

Corporate Author

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Extent

8

Identifier

AD0265173

Distribution Classification

1

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Abstract

Maximum bending moments induced in a ballistic missile by the wind profile it would traverse are compared with the maximum wind speed at any level in that profile. The correlations of 0.85 and 0.66 for the two missiles studied indicate that maximum wind alone will not provide a perfect prediction of maximum bending moment. But use of a maximum wind threshold for a go-nogo rule can prevent most launch failures due to intolerable bending moments without sacrificing an appreciable number of successful launchings.

Report Availability

Full text available by request

Date Issued

1961-08

Provenance

IIT

Type

report

Format

8 pages ; 28 cm.