Accession Number:

AD0602734

Title:

THE LONGITUDINAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION OF AN AIRBORNE TOWED VEHICLE INCORPORATING AN APPROXIMATION OF CABLE DRAG AND INERTIA EFFECTS.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

PRINCETON UNIV N J

Personal Author(s):

• LAW,E. H.

Report Date:

1964-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

76.0

Abstract:

The longitudinal equations of motion of a cable and towed vehicle system are developed. Approximations for the effects of cable drag and inertia are included in the development. The cable is assumed to act as a rigid body hinged at both the towing aircraft and towed vehicle. The system as analyzed thus has two degrees of freedom. However, in order to present the equations in the familiar language of aircraft dynamics, five equations in five unknowns are utilized. Author

Descriptors:

• *TOWED BODIES
• *TOWING CABLES
• AIRBORNE
• TOWED AIRCRAFT
• MOTION
• MOMENTS
• LINEAR SYSTEMS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• WEIGHT
• DRAG
• VELOCITY
• ACCELERATION

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE