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Dynamics analysis of air-breathing hypersonic vehicle

  • Northwestern Polytechnical University Xian

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Abstract

Air-breathing hypersonic vehicle (AHV) has been the next generation single stage to orbit vehicle and hypersonic cruise vehicle. The frame/engine integration is different from the conventional vehicle, the method for the aerodynamics of the conventional vehicle is not fit for this vehicle-In this paper, a method of aerodynamic analysis for air-breathing hypersonic vehicle has been provided. Two-dimensional Newtonian theory was utilized to characterize the aerodynamic pressure distribution on the fore-body, whereas two dimensional shock expansion theory was used to determine the pressure distribution on the afterbody/nozzle. A one dimensional model was employed to characterize the flow in a Scramjet-type engine. Based on these operations, the whole aerodynamic calculation has been done. The simulation shows that this method could calculate the aerodynamics force and moment of whole vehicle effectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1100-1104
Number of pages5
JournalYuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics
Volume28
Issue number5
StatePublished - Sep 2007

Keywords

  • Air-breathing hypersonic vehicle
  • Frame/engine integration
  • Newtonian theory
  • Scramjet
  • Shock expansion theory

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