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Old 01-27-2011, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
Can the program do Von Karman ogives as well as tangent ogives and secant ogives?

The Haack series gives
LV-Haack if Control X1 = .333
LD-Haack if Control X1 = 0
LD-Haack, is commonly referred to as the Von Kármán or the Von Kármán Ogive.

The Ogive shape is for tangent ogives. I use Bezier for secant ogives.

Nose cone design has been a good reference for this program.
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