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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE DEFENCE SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY 0RGANI:SATION

WEAPONS SYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORA'I'ORY

TECHNICAL REPORT

INITIAL RESULTS I N DEVELOPING FREE FLIGHT TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR ARTILLERY SHELLS R.L. Pope

SUMMARY

A s p a r t of a programme t o develop methods f o r s t u d y i n g t e x t e r i o r b a l l i s t i c s of s h e l l s , an i n i t i a l s e r i e s of fc s h e l l s was f i r e d a t Woomera. Two s h e l l s c a r r i e d yawsonc designed and manufactured a t the Ba1:Listic Resear L a b o r a t o r i e s i n t h e United S t a t e s of America and two c a r r j preliminary d e s i g n s of a l o c a l l y developed yawsonc T r a j e c t o r y of t h e s h e l l s was o b t a i n e d from r a d a r t r a c k i r Both t h e t r a j e c t o r y and t h e yawsonde d a t a weire analysed u s j parameter e s t i m a t i o n a l g o r i t h m s and t h e r e s u l t s (of t h e d: a n a l y s i s a r e reported here. R o l l damping, a x i a l f o r c e s normal f o r c e d e r i v a t i v e s were determined f o r subsonic spec up t o Mach 0.8. Conclusions on t h e e f f i c a c y of t h e tri: t e c h n i q u e have been reached and t h e s e l e a d t o recommendatic for future t r i a l s .
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