Accession Number:
AD0272348
Title:
ELECTROSTATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A THOR NOSE CONE
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
HARRY DIAMOND LABS WASHINGTON D C
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Report Date:
1962-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
A field test was conducted with specially designed electric field meters mounted on a missile nose cone. The electric field strength, E, at the surface of a suspended Thor nose cone was measured for different values of applied potential, V. The free-space capacitance, C, of the Thor nose cone was determined independently and found to be 98.7 x 10 to the minus 12th power f. The electric charge, Q, was then computed from Q CV. The conversion factor alpha between the charge and the resultant electric field was found to be 89.9 x 10 to the minus 12th power coulvm where Q alpha E. The electric charge on a Thor nose cone throughout its flight can now be determined by the use of the electric field meters developed for this purpose. Author