M3F3CA/M3HAX

M3F3CA: Fast-running, engineering-level, missile aerodynamic predictions for analysis and preliminary design. Axisymmetric bodies with up to three cruciform sections with fully deflectable fins. Based on high resolution, high angle-of-attack experimental data bases and advanced equivalent angel-of-attack concept. Includes nonlinear effects of body and fin vortices. Subsonic, transonic, supersonic Mach numbers; roll angle arbitrary. Estimates axial force and pitch plane dynamic derivative.

M3HAX: M3F3CA extended to 90 degree angle-of-attack, options for including effects of rotational rates and nonuniform flow.

These code efficiently predict accurate longitudinal and lateral aerodynamic characteristics and are essential for generating aerodynamic databases for flight simulations.

Daniel Lesieutre

Senior Research Engineer
Nielsen Engineering & Research, Inc.
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Mountain View, CA 94043-2212
USA
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