AMCP 706-283, AMC PAMPHLET: ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK - BALLISTIC MISSILE SERIES - AERODYNAMICS (30-APR-1965)

AMCP 706-283, AMC PAMPHLET: ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK - BALLISTIC MISSILE SERIES - AERODYNAMICS (30-APR-1965)., This 1965 Handbook presents design information peculiar to ballistic missile flight, i.e., information outside the scope of basic subsonic and supersonic aerodynamics which may be termed “conventional aerodynamics.” Accordingly, this Handbook treats the problems unique to ballistic flight, namely, high-speed, high temperature and high altitude effects. Empirical as well as theoretical data are presented in the tables and graphs which accompany the text material. This publication provides data and theory in the areas of atmospheric and geophysical parameters, typical ballistic trajectories, physical properties of air particularly at elevated temperatures, pressure distributions over bodies at high speeds as required for determining aerodynamic loads and heating effects, aerodynamic heating and cooling methods, hypersonic aerodynamic forces and stability considerations, and techniques and problems of aerodynamic experimentation. Appropriate engineering approximations have been introduced, where applicable, to simplify the complex theory and make the text adaptable to the solution of practical problems.