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The Employment of Aerodynamic Forces to Obtain Maximum Range of a Rocket Missile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Derek F. Lawden
Derek F. Lawden*
Affiliation:
Canterbury University, New Zealand
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Summary

The programming of the thrust direction of a rocket missile, to obtain maximum range over a flat earth by the most favourable employment of the aerodynamic forces, is considered for the special case when these forces are small by comparison with the missile weight. The cases of a V.2-type missile, (a) with lift and (b) without lift, are dealt with in detail and numerical results have been computed.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1958 , pp. 97 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1958

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References

1. Lawden, D. F. Dynamic Problems of Interplanetary Flight. The Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. VI, pp. 165–180, August 1955.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Lawden, D. F. Maximum Ranges of Intercontinental Missiles. The Aeronautical Quarterly, Vol. VIII, pp. 269–278, August 1957.CrossRefGoogle Scholar