Design and verification of airframe/propulsion integration about air-breathing launch vehicle

Chen Bing, Chun Lin Gong, Liang Xian Gu

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Abstract

Airframe/Propulsion Integrationis a key technology for air-breathing launch vehicle. This paper summaries the design constraints of RBCC (Rocket based Combined Cycle) power launch vehicle, and the performance of integration is evaluated by effective specific impulse which is a function of aerodynamic drag, engine thrust and specific impulse. The aerodynamic configuration of airframe/propulsion integration is designed, and analyzed by CFD. Considering the sizes of the vehicle are large, the inner channel is after the nose of the air frame to reduce the length of channel. Besides, the channel is behind the airframe to increase the aerodynamic lift, and the fore body is the outer compressed surface of the inlet. The analysis results show the lift-drag ratio can be up to 4.0 in subsonic and 3.5 in supersonic. The lift-drag ratio decreases when mach number is over 4. Finally, the design and analysis is verified by experiment of wind tunnel. The model of experiment is smaller than the origin configuration. The experiment is pressure test. The test results show the pressure configuration of launch vehicle which can guide the design of launch vehicle and verify the accuracy of CFD.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015
PublisherAIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ISBN (Print)9781624103209
StatePublished - 2015
Event20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 6 Jul 20159 Jul 2015

Publication series

Name20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015

Conference

Conference20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period6/07/159/07/15

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