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Drag-reducing aerospike

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and is estimated to have increased the range by 550 km. The Trident aerospike consists of a flat circular plate mounted on an extensible boom which is deployed shortly after the missile breaks through the surface of the water after launch from the submarine. The use of the aerospike allowed a
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Further development of this concept has resulted in the "air-spike". This is formed by concentrated energy, either from an electric arc torch or a pulsed laser, projected forwards from the body, which produces a region of low density hot air ahead of the body.
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much blunter nose shape, providing increased internal volume for payload and propulsion without increasing the drag. This was required because the Trident I C-4 was fitted with a third propulsion stage to achieve the desired increase in range over the
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In 1995 at the 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, it was reported that tests were performed with an aerospike-protected missile dome to Mach 6, obtaining quantitative surface pressure and temperature-rise data on the feasibility of using aerospikes on
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The Extensible Boom is the long, slender, slightly tapered cylindrical structure; the wider "underside" is mounted to the nose cone. The narrow, top end of the Boom is for mounting:
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means 'needle'). A simplified Igla-1 version with a different kind of target seeker featured a tripod instead of a 'needle' for the same purpose.
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missile it replaced. To fit within the existing submarine launch tubes the third-stage motor had to be mounted in the center of the
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a zone of recirculating flow occurs which acts like a more streamlined forebody profile, reducing the drag.
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Huebner, Lawrence; Mitchell, Anthony; Boudreaux, Ellis (1995-01-09),
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At the same time (middle 1970s) an aerospike was developed in
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Nasa. Johnson Space Center the 13Th Aerospace Mech. Symp
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with the reentry vehicles arranged around the motor.
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Aerospike engine
Detail crop of nose and aerospike of http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Trident_C4_first_launch.jpg
UGM-96 Trident I
Cape Canaveral
nose cone
Martini glass
nosecone
nose cone design
aerodynamic drag
supersonic speeds
detached shock
forebody
UGM-96 Trident I
Poseidon C-3
post-boost vehicle
KB Mashinostroyeniya
surface-to-air missile
9K38 Igla
MANPADS
infrared homing
fairing
wave drag
Russian
игла
hypersonic
9K38 Igla
UGM-96 Trident I
UGM-133 Trident II
M51 (missile)
Index of aviation articles

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