Accession Number:

AD0831567

Title:

MISSILE TRACKING FROM SHOCK RECORDINGS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Reid, Walter P.

Report Date:

1968-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Equations are developed for determining the speed and direction of motion of a supersonic missile in terms of the times of arrival of the shock at various microphones. Three or more microphones must be placed along the x, y and z axes at each of three or more stations. Author

Descriptors:

• (*GUIDED MISSILES
• ACOUSTIC DETECTION)
• GUIDED MISSILE TRACKING SYSTEMS
• SHOCK WAVES
• MICROPHONES
• TRIANGULATION
• VELOCITY
• DIRECTION FINDING
• ERRORS
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missiles
• Acoustics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE