Passive damper for spin stabilized projectiles

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1990-11-20

1992-08-18

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Attitude control

244165, 244170, B64G 138

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051392178

ABSTRACT:
A stabilizer comprised of a pair of toroidal fluid passages filled with a viscous fluid orthogonally mounted with respect to one another on a spin stabilized projectile. One torus is rigidly attached to the projectile and aligned with the x axis of the projectile and the other torus is similarly attached and aligned along the y axis.

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patent: 3758051 (1973-09-01), Williams

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