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Hypersonic Technology for Military Application

Hypersonic Technology for Military Application

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309042291
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309582551
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1990
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 112
  • Language: English
  • Hypersonic Technology for Military Application
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
    • MILITARY APPLICATIONS
    • NATIONAL AEROSPACE PLANE PROGRAM
    • TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
      • Propulsion-Airframe Integration
      • Propulsion Systems
      • Aerodynamics
      • Control, Guidance, and Information Systems
      • Materials, Structures, and Cooling
      • The Role of Computational Fluid Dynamics
      • Test Requirements
  • Introduction
  • 1.0 Potential Military Hypersonic Applications
  • 2.0 Technologies Relevant to Hypersonic Vehicles and Their Status
    • 2.1 AERODYNAMIC—PROPULSIVE INTEGRATION
    • 2.2 PROPULSION SYSTEMS
      • 2.2.1 Basic Scramjet Engine
      • 2.2.2 Cooling Problems
      • 2.2.3 Propulsion System Transition
      • 2.2.4 Auxiliary Rocket Propulsion
    • 2.3 AERODYNAMICS
      • 2.3.1 Viscous Effects
        • 2.3.1.1 Transition Point Determination
        • 2.3.1.2 Extent of the Transition Region
        • 2.3.1.3 Turbulent Boundary Layer
        • 2.3.1.4 Test Conditions
      • 2.3.2 Real Gas Effects
      • 2.3.3 Real Gas Effects in Complex Flows
    • 2.4 CONTROL, GUIDANCE, INSTRUMENTATION, AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      • 2.4.1 Physical Factors
      • 2.4.2 Vehicle Dynamics and Controls
        • 2.4.2.1 "Aerodynamic-Attitude" (Angle of Attack and Sideslip) Control
        • 2.4.2.2 Integrated Propulsion/Flight Control and Guidance
        • 2.4.2.3 Aerothermoelastic and Slosh Mode Characteristics and Control
        • 2.4.2.4 Engine/Inlets/Diffuser, etc., Control
      • 2.4.3 Sensors
      • 2.4.4 Information System Requirements
      • 2.4.5 System Design Philosophy
    • 2.5 MATERIALS FOR HYPERSONIC VEHICLES
      • 2.5.1 Introduction
      • 2.5.2 High Temperature Materials
        • 2.5.2.1 The Aluminides
        • 2.5.2.2 Superalloys
        • 2.5.2.3 Dispersion Strengthened (Stabilized) Alloys
        • 2.5.2.4 Carbon-Carbon Composites And Ceramic Composite Materials
        • 2.5.2.5 Processing Developments For Advanced Metallic Materials
        • 2.5.2.6 Other Developments
      • 2.5.3 Coatings
    • 2.6 THE STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE
      • 2.6.1 Determination of Structural Mass Fraction for High Performance Vehicles
      • 2.6.2 Structural Concepts
      • 2.6.3 Development Process
      • 2.6.4 Status of Structural Concepts for Hypersonic Vehicles
      • 2.6.5 Structural Design Considerations
        • 2.6.5.1 The Structural Designer's Approach, Circa 1988
        • 2.6.5.2 The Aerodynamic Heating Phenomena
        • 2.6.5.3 The Temperature Distribution in the Structure
        • 2.6.5.4 Structural Effects of High Temperatures
        • 2.6.5.5 Summary
    • 2.7 ROLE OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
      • 2.7.1 Status of Hypersonic CFD
        • 2.7.1.1 External Aerodynamics
        • 2.7.1.2 Inlet Flows
        • 2.7.1.3 Combustion Flows
        • 2.7.1.4 Nozzle Flows
      • 2.7.2 Validation of Hypersonic CFD Codes
      • 2.7.3 Future Role of CFD
    • 2.8 EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES
      • 2.8.1 Test Requirements
      • 2.8.2 Aerodynamic Test Capabilities
      • 2.8.3 Materials and Structures Test Facilities
        • 2.8.3.1 Structures Testing
        • 2.8.3.2 Facilities
        • 2.8.3.3 High-Speed Wind Tunnel Tests
        • 2.8.3.4 Laboratory Tests with Heating Devices
  • 3.0 Findings and Recommendations
    • 3.1 POTENTIAL MILITARY HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS
    • 3.2 PROPULSION-AIRFRAME INTEGRATION
    • 3.3 PROPULSION SYSTEMS
    • 3.4 AERODYNAMICS
      • 3.4.1 Low Hypersonic Speeds (Mach Numbers 6 to 10)
      • 3.4.2 High Hypersonic Speeds (M > 10)
    • 3.5 CONTROLS, GUIDANCE, INSTRUMENTATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
    • 3.6 HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS, CRYOGENICS, AND COOLING
    • 3.7 STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS
    • 3.8 THE ROLE OF CFD
    • 3.9 TEST REQUIREMENTS
  • Appendix A: Statement Of Task
  • Appendix B: Acronyms
  • Appendix C: Glossary
  • Appendix D: Dimensionless Groups In Fluid Mechanics
  • Appendix E: Letter To National Aerospace Plane Contractors
    • INTRODUCTION
    • BROAD ISSUES
    • TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES
      • Hypersonic Propulsion
      • Low Speed Propulsion
      • Boundary Layer Transition
      • Vehicle Heating
      • Structures and Materials
      • Control
      • Systems Integration
      • System Concept
  • Appendix F: Schedule of Committee Meetings
    • AGENDA
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