A Survey of Unsteady Hypersonic Flow Problems
A Survey of Unsteady Hypersonic Flow Problems
A Survey of Unsteady Hypersonic Flow Problems
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CONTENTS<br />
Int~~duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
General Surrey and Conclusions ........................<br />
1. <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Flight Conditions .....................<br />
2. The Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>Unsteady</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> <strong>Flow</strong>s ............<br />
3. The Dynamic Stability <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles ...........<br />
4. Flutter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles ...................<br />
5. Discussion and Conclusions .....................<br />
APPENDXES<br />
Detailed Reviews<br />
APPFxDlxI: Review <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Flight Conditions ...........<br />
1.f Characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> <strong>Flow</strong>s .........<br />
1.2 <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles ..................<br />
I .3 Flight Envelopes for <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles ......<br />
APFmDIx II: Review <strong>of</strong> Theoretical Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>Unsteady</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong><br />
<strong>Flow</strong>s ..............................<br />
2.1 Methods <strong>of</strong> Analysis ...................<br />
2.1.1 Piston theory and Newtonian impact theory . .<br />
2.1.2 <strong>Hypersonic</strong> small disturbance theory ......<br />
2.1.3 The variational method .............<br />
2.1.4 The shock-expansion method ...........<br />
2.1.5 Small perturbation analyses ..........<br />
2.2 The Influence <strong>of</strong> Real Gas Effects and Vzscosity ...<br />
2.3 The Experimental Verification <strong>of</strong> Theoretical<br />
Analysis .........................<br />
2.4 Discussion and Conclusions ...............<br />
APPENDIX III: Review <strong>of</strong> the Dynamic Stability <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles .<br />
3.1 The Longitudinal Behaviour <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles .<br />
3.1 .I Steady flight at constant altitude ......<br />
3.1.2 Be-entry flight ..................<br />
3.1.3 The effects <strong>of</strong> aerodynamic non-linearities .<br />
3.2 The Lateral Behaviour <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles ....<br />
3.3 Discussion and Conclusions ...............<br />
APPENDIX IV: Review <strong>of</strong> Flutter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hypersonic</strong> Vehicles .........<br />
4.1 Types <strong>of</strong> Flutter, and Values <strong>of</strong> Flutter Frequency<br />
Parameter ........................<br />
4.2 Flutter Investigations ..................<br />
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