Integrated Flowpath Matching Design for Wide-Envelope Air-Breathing Launch Vehicles with RBCC Engines

  • Guangqun Wang
  • , Yang Wu
  • , Zichen Zhang
  • , Chunlin Gong
  • , Jianlei Wang

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Abstract

Air-breathing launch vehicles with Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engines require precise matching of internal and external flowpaths to optimize performance over a wide range of altitudes and velocities. Achieving this optimization requires meticulous design and optimization of flowpath components, the process traditionally dependent on costly experimental and numerical methods. This paper addresses the challenge by focusing on integrated propulsive performance of wide-envelope air-breathing launch vehicles with RBCC engines and explores the technology behind matching the design of various flowpath components using numerical methods and surrogate models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIAF Space Education and Outreach Symposium - Held at the 75th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2024
PublisherInternational Astronautical Federation, IAF
Pages552-557
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798331312145, 9798331312299
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event2024 IAF Space Propulsion Symposium at the 75th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2024 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 14 Oct 202418 Oct 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume1
ISSN (Print)0074-1795

Conference

Conference2024 IAF Space Propulsion Symposium at the 75th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2024
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period14/10/2418/10/24

Keywords

  • Air-breathing launch vehicles
  • Flowpath optimization
  • Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engines

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