ballistic rocket flight path
ballistic rocket flight path
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hi..
i'm having confuse to determine the balistic rocket flight path by including the wind effect. Can somebody help me?
i'm having confuse to determine the balistic rocket flight path by including the wind effect. Can somebody help me?





RE: ballistic rocket flight path
(dynamic pressure)x(rocket cross-section area perpendicular to wind)x(aerodynamic coef of a cylinder in a cross-wind)
Problem is that dynamic pressure is: ½ of (air density)x(wind velocity)^2
meaning density dependant i.e. height dependant. There must be some differential equation describing this rather correctly.
Gaining a speed means that friction has to be accounted for too, but on the other hand gaining a height means thinner air. The friction is predominant in the last flight phase when warhead flies really ballistic entering more dens air at high speed and wind effect is absolutely negligible then.
RE: ballistic rocket flight path
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RE: ballistic rocket flight path
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