Paper shows, by selected examples of experimental French and American missiles, that many aerodynamic problems can lead to failure, if overlooked; most of problems are raised by roll stabilization, by decrease of stability at high Mach numbers, by interaction between propulsive jet and external flow, and by recovery of scientific payloads; it is suggested that specially devised low-density wind-tunnel tests can even help in interpreting some scientific experiments.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic problems of sounding-rocket vehicles


    Additional title:

    J Spacecraft Rockets


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English