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Linearized Aeroballistics
The aeroballistics topics discussed so far have built up to where the reader has an appre-
ciation for the techniques required to analyze projectile motion to a great degree of
accuracy. The culmination of this study was the development of the equations for a six
degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) model, which accurately describes the motion of a rigid body
through air. With a 6-DOF model in hand, the aeroballistician can examine the effects of a
givenconguration. The word given was italicized for emphasis because the aeroballisti-
cian must know the conguration properties before he or she analyzes the projectile. The