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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 />

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4.2 Flutter Investigations ..................<br />

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