Missile rolling tail brake torque system
Abstract
Apparatus for simulating varying levels of friction in the bearings of a free rolling tail afterbody on a canard-controlled missile to determine friction effects on aerodynamic control characteristics is described. A ring located between the missile body and the afterbody is utilized in a servo system to create varying levels of friction between the missile body and the afterbody to simulate bearing friction.
- Publication:
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Report
- Pub Date:
- January 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984nasa.reptQ....D
- Keywords:
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- Afterbodies;
- Canard Configurations;
- Friction;
- Missile Structures;
- Tail Assemblies;
- Torque;
- Ball Bearings;
- Patents;
- Ring Structures;
- Servocontrol;
- Simulation;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles