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ROGER R. BATE 1
Re-Entry Trajectories ROGER W. JOHNSON 2
Department of Astronautics
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
An empirical method is presented for determining the range, time of flight, and maximum de-
celeration associated with t h e re-entry of a ballistic nose cone. Simple equations are presented
which permit calculation of actual range and actual time of flight compared to the range and time
of flight under conditions of no atmosphere. Coefficients are plotted which relate range and time
of flight to the initial re-entry conditions and ballistic coefficient W/Cz>A. These coefficients were
determined from a series of trajectories obtained on a digital computer for various initial conditions.
dr ±(v2 - i?2A2)"2
Jr [11]
(1 +d) A n a l y s i s of R e s u l t s
An initial re-entry altitude h0 is assumed to be 106 ft (well Figs. 4 and 5 are plots of drag deceleration and speed ratio
above the sensible atmosphere) for this ballistic re-entry vs altitude for three typical ballistic coefficients. Incor-
trajectory analysis (point o in Fig. 2). porated also on the graphs, in dashed lines, are the respective
If initial conditions are given at some other altitude, which straight-line approximation (5) profiles for these same trajec-
is still above the sensible atmosphere, the necessary values of tories. The deviation between the straight-line approxima-
v and <p at 106 ft can be computed from the free-flight equa- tion and the actual drag deceleration seems great enough to
tions of motion. warrant further investigation.
It is convenient to introduce a parameter Q defined as
Q == v2/v2cs = v2r/fi [12] Maximum Deceleration and Height a t Maximum
Deceleration
where vcs is the speed of a circular satellite at a radius r, and
H is the product of the universal gravitational constant and The four curves Figs. 6a-d show maximum drag decelera-
the mass of Earth, i.e., (/* = Gme) = 14.075 X 1015 ft 3 /sec 2 . tion values plotted against sin(— <p0) for four values of Qo.
This parameter will be used in the remainder of this paper. The dashed line on all of the plots represents the straight-line
It is not a constant of motion for a trajectory. The equations approximation to the maximum deceleration as proposed by
used in the transfer of initial conditions are Allen and Eggers (5) which assumed an exponential at-
mosphere and constant CD and neglected gravity. This
Qo — Qre + To)/a [13] straight-line approximation is in some instances 30% low.
COS<p0 = (rreQre/nQo)1/2 COS <pre [14] An empirical correction based on these plots gives the follow-
ing approximate (within 8%) equation for maximum drag
a = r/(2 - Q) [15]
where a is the semimajor axis of the Keplerian ellipse.
Three quantities were varied during this analysis, the re-entry
angle <po, re-entry Q0, and the ballistic coefficient B = Wo/
CQ(*>)A (depends on the characteristics of the re-entry ve-
hicle). They will vary through the following ranges: 1) nine
values of sin <po from — 0.225 to — 0.825 equally spaced at inter-
A N OTE: ANGLE OF ATTACK a = 0
C* = CQ/CD = DRAG COEFFICIENT
NORMALIZED WITH
form. The drag coefficient curve (4) is a composite curve of Fig. 3 Normalized drag coefficient vs Mach number (from
typical ballistic re-entry vehicle nose cones. Ref. 4)
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0.9 I
Q =0.5 I
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DRAG DECELERATION (IN G's) /
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deceleration (in g's): Fig. 6a Maximum drag deceleration vs sin^o for <2o = 0,S;
~/W sin(— <p0)' initial conditions shown for h0 = 106 ft
dm + 20(1.3
goe <W+206 [161
A least squares fit using orthogonal polynomials (1) was
Note that, since <po is negative, sin(— <^0) is always positive. applied to each of the variables in turn, in the order listed.
Initial conditions are for ho = 106 ft, the analysis point, where The empirical equations obtained are relatively simple to use
13 = 1/24,000 ft and K0 = f(B,Q0) (given in Fig. 7). and yet sufficiently accurate for a ballistic missile design engi-
The height at which maximum deceleration occurs is neer. A first-order fit on sin(— <p0), a first-order fit on Q0, and
plotted in Figs. 8a-c. This parameter does not differ greatly a fourth-order fit on the ballistic coefficient limit the range
from the straight-line approximation, except for high ballistic error (1 a) to less than 1 naut mile and the time error (1 a) to
coefficients. less than 4 sec.
The resulting equations for re-entry range and time of flight
Empirical Solution of Re-Entry Range and Time of Flight are
From preliminary plotting of the recorded data, it was In (2ND — 2r6) = loo + hiQo — [Iio +
decided that convenient forms for re-entry range and time of hi Qo] s i n ( - <p0) [19]
flight equations are
In (Tre - TND) = (2.50 + / „ ) + Joi Qo -
ln(Siyrz) - S„) = 0[sin(- <pQ), Qo, B] [17] [Jio + Jn Qo] s i n ( - <pQ) [20]
ln(7V, - TND) = A[sin(- **), Qo, B] . [18]
where /
/
= actual re-entry range, naut miles Q0=0.7 /
= no-drag re-entry range, naut miles
1460 r200
%
= actual re-entry time of flight, sec // 000 /
STRA IGHT-LI NE / I
TND = no-drag re-entry time of flight, sec (see Fig. 2) APPF 0X1 MAT ON "^ V
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
MAXIMUM DECELERATION (IN G's)
/ / X
-—idoo
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~~~ 200
7
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1.0
0.2
/ Fig. 7 Deceleration coefficient K0 vs Q0; correction factor for
0.1
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20 40 60 80 100 120 140
MAXIMUM DECELERATION (IN G's) (rn + r.+ f)
cosy
2a
Fig. 6c Maximum drag deceleration vs sin<p0 for Q0 = 0.9;
initial conditions shown for hQ = 106 ft fry. + r. - / )
cos<5 1 -
2a
where / a n d J are functions of B plotted in Figs. 9 a n d 10. f = [he2 + 2rerre (sinSivz) tan %2ND) ] 1/2
T h e free-flight no-drag re-entry range 2ND is given b y :
Example P r o b l e m 1
0.3
T h e re-entry conditions are
0.2 /
/ hre = ho = 1,000,000 ft
/
/ vrt = v0 = 24,075 fps
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entry point coincides with the analysis point. The ballistic Using deceleration coefficient from Fig. 7, dmax is calculated
coefficient is 200 psf. from Eq. [16] to be 64.39 gQ} which differs from the computer
2ND is calculated from Eq. [21] to be 392.24 naut miles. result of 59.34 gQ by 8%.
Using range coefficients from Fig. 9 for B = 200 psf, 2ND — This unique system of calculating the ballistic re-entry
2re is calculated from Eq. [19] to be 13.95 naut miles. Thus range, time of flight, and maximum deceleration represents a
2re is 378.3 naut miles, which differs from the computer result simple method for ballistic re-entry trajectory calculations,
of 378.11 naut miles by only 0.05%. one that the ballistic or space vehicle design engineer can
TND is calculated from Eq. [22] to be 106.64 sec. Using use without the aid of a digital computer and obtain results
time of flight coefficients from Fig. 10 for B = 200 psf, Tre — that truly represent the solution of the ballistic re-entry prob-
TND is calculated from Eq. [20] to be 87.66 sec. Thus Tre is lem at hand.
194.3 sec, which differs from the computer result of 196.07 sec
by only 0.9%.
Using deceleration coefficient from Fig. 7, dmax is calculated Free-Flight Equations
from Eq. [16] to be 64.89 gQ) which differs from the computer The following relationships for Keplerian orbits are used in
result of 66.39^0 by 2.3%. this paper. They can be derived from formulas given in
Ref. 7:
Example Problem 2 r/(2- Q) [23]
This example problem illustrates the method of transferring 2
Qcos
re-entry initial conditions to an altitude of 106 ft. [24]
The initial conditions of the re-entry point are
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HEIGHT AT MAXIMUM DECELERATION HEIGHT AT MAXIMUM DECELERATION HEIGHT AT MAXIMUM DECELERATION
(IN THOUSANDS OF FEET) (IN THOUSANDS OF FEET) (IN THOUSANDS OF FEET)
Fig. 8a Height at maximum drag de- Fig. 8b Height at maximum de- Fig. 8c Height at maximum decelera-
celeration vs sin^o for W0/CDA = celeration vs sin^o for WQ/CDA = 600; tion vs sin<p0 for WO/CDA = 200;
1400; initial conditions shown for h0 = initial conditions shown for hQ = 106 ft initial conditions shown for 106 ft
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BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT,^ (IN LBS/FT 2 ) BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT, = - ^ ( IN LBS/FT )
Fig. 9 Range coefficients vs ballistic coefficient Fig. 10 Time of flight coefficients vs ballistic coefficient