SolidFuel Ramjet Assisted GunLaunched （SolidFuel冲压喷气协助GunLaunched）.pdfVIP

Solid-Fuel Ramjet Assisted Gun-Launched Projectiles: An Overview S. Krishnan Professor of Aerospace Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036, India [Presented as a plenary paper at the Fifth National Conference on Airbreathing and Aerospace Propulsion, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 21-23, 2000] Abstract The principles of construction and operation of a solid-fuel ramjet assisted gun- launched projectile are briefly explained. A concise global-survey of the projects on solid- fuel ramjet powered missiles is presented. Pseudovacuum trajectory is a ballistic trajectory in air of a powered projectile where the thrust always balances the drag. Easy and accurate predictability and insensitiveness to external disturbances are the two major advantages of the pseudovacuum trajectory. This trajectory can be easily achieved for gun launched projectiles by the use of solid fuel ramjets. A preliminary-sizing procedure for solid fuel ramjet powered gun launched projectile is presented. Also, presented are the ramjet-control requirements for a typical 155-mm gun launched projectile. The control requirements are minimal, demonstrating the self throttling characteristics of solid fuel ramjets. For the typical 155- mm gun launched projectiles, following pseudovacuum trajectories using solid fuel ramjets, the maximum range is found to be in excess of 40 km. Introduction Incorporating into it a propulsion system can substantially increase the velocity and range of a gun-launched projectile. Between the two possible propulsion s