Hypersonic technology for military application / Committee on Hypersonic Technology for Military Application, Air Force Studies Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Hypersonic Technology for Military Application., Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hypersonic planes.

Airplanes, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

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 &gt

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

AGENDA.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610212446

9781280212444

1280212446

9780309582551

0309582555

9780585144030

0585144036

OCLC:

70772757