Investigations on the influence of control devices to the separation characteristics of a missile from the internal weapons bay

Abstract

To ensure the safe separation process of a missile from internal weapons bay, the control device is mounted in front of the internal weapons bay to control the separation process. Based on the coupling of Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations and six-degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) rigid-body motion equations, the separation process of missile under four different conditions (free separation, and rectangle, prism and wedge control) was numerically simulated. The separation process and flow fields were obtained, the aerodynamic parameters and trajectory parameters of four cases compared. Our results show that, the control device can improve the aerodynamic characteristics of the flow field, enhancing the safety of the missile separation. The wedge control device has the best control effect and makes the missile stable, the rectangular and prism control devices have strong bow shock wave and make the pitch angle of the missile large.