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Nose cone ( center of the spherical nose cap)

Description

The nose cone section of any vehicle or body meant to travel through a compressible fluid medium (such as a rocket or aircraft, missile or bullet) is designed in several geometrical shapes for optimum performance. In practical applications, a conical nose is often blunted by capping it with a segment of a sphere. The center of the spherical nose cap can be calculated by the coordinates of the tangency point where the sphere meets the cone and the radius of the spherical nose.

Related formulas

Variables

xcDistance from the Vertex of the cone (if the cap was conical) to the center of the spherical nose cap (m)
xtX-coordinate of the tangency point where the sphere meets the cone (m)
rnRadius of the spherical nose (m)
ytY-coordinate of the tangency point where the sphere meets the cone (m)