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I've been writing a computer simulation for a small satellite
launcher, and have discovered a mistake in my code! The mistake isn't quite relevant to the question I want to ask, but related. I've been modelling aerodynamic drag in the lower part of the atmosphere as constant * airdensity * velocity * velocity. I realise that the constant will vary according to the design (area, shape), but I was wondering whether anyone could point me to, or give me some idea of, the size of the drag forces on something like Scout or Titan II. Many thanks, Nicholas Hill |
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... I've been writing a computer simulation for a small satellite launcher, and have discovered a mistake in my code! Well, clearly, you don't work for Microsoft. If you worked for Microsoft, you wouldn't have discovered the glitch. ;-) |
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On May 11, 4:26*pm, "Alan Erskine" wrote:
wrote in message ... I've been writing a computer simulation for a small satellite launcher, and have discovered a mistake in my code! Well, clearly, you don't work for Microsoft. *If you worked for Microsoft, you wouldn't have discovered the glitch. ;-) Better still, I don't work at all. |
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On May 11, 11:49 am, wrote:
Well, clearly, you don't work for Microsoft. If you worked for Microsoft, you wouldn't have discovered the glitch. ;-) Better still, I don't work at all. What, exactly, are you thinking about doing with the simulator? I wrote a simulator for submarine design while I'm unemployed, and it's not paid off for me! Mike |
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True enough - but do you know of any formulae that give values for
drag co-efficient? Drag coefficient is a function of Mach number and angle-of-attack, so you would have to have that information in order to obtain anywhere meaningful results. Use one of the standard atmosphere models to get the density and temperature profiles, since speed of sound is a function of temperature. -- Remove _'s *from email address to talk to me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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On May 11, 10:41 am, wrote:
True enough - but do you know of any formulae that give values for drag co-efficient? Drag coefficient is a function of Mach number and angle-of-attack, so you would have to have that information in order to obtain anywhere meaningful results. Use one of the standard atmosphere models to get the density and temperature profiles, since speed of sound is a function of temperature. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You'd be better off at getting that classified information from North Korea, or perhaps China. You could use our Saturn 5 formula as a how not to fly-by-rocket, that is unless using them NASA/Apollo (aka DARPA) conditional laws of physics. .. - Brad Guth |
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