Lateral thrust acts vertically to missile axis and alters direction of flight trajectory; it is shown that lateral forces arise randomly in direction and size during motor firings; to determine origin of random lateral thrust gas flow through 2-dimensional, transparent air-flow model has been observed; model simulates flow inside solid propellant rocket motor and through nozzle; it is shown that lateral forces can be produced in model through non-axisymmetric profile of all mass-flow in subsonic portion of nozzle.
Experimental investigations of lateral thrust components in solid propellant rocket
Experimentelle Untersuchungen ueber Querschubkomponenten bei Feststofftriebwerken
Raumfahrtforschung ; 8 , n 3
1964
7 pages
Article (Journal)
German
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