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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where m is vehicle mass; p is air density; S and b are representative<br />
areas and lengths <strong>of</strong> the *vehicle.<br />
If p is very large, then the terms<br />
quartic (Duncan, Ref. 41, Chapter 5):<br />
C, D and E in the stability<br />
AX4 + Bh3 + Ch' + Dh + E = 0 . . . (3.2)<br />
are very much larger than the terms A and B and it is possible to give<br />
fairly simple expressions for the roots <strong>of</strong> the quartic in terms <strong>of</strong> the<br />
coefficients:<br />
which, if the dominant terms only are retained, become<br />
where CD is the drag coefficient;<br />
CL, is the rate <strong>of</strong> change <strong>of</strong> lift coefficient with angle <strong>of</strong> attaok:<br />
(q/ad ;<br />
12% is the rate <strong>of</strong> dsnge <strong>of</strong> pitching moment coefficient with angle<br />
<strong>of</strong> attack: (acdad ;<br />
. . . (3.3)<br />
Cmq is the rate <strong>of</strong> change-<strong>of</strong> pitching moment coefficient with pitching<br />
8b<br />
velocity parameter - : ;<br />
V<br />
iB is the non-dimensional form <strong>of</strong> the pitching moment <strong>of</strong> inertia<br />
about the oentre <strong>of</strong> gravity, IB : IB/pSb3+<br />
Kz = ?+" and R is the radius <strong>of</strong> the flight path.<br />
P=<br />
The first pair <strong>of</strong> roots represent the usual phugoid type <strong>of</strong> oscillation<br />
and the seoond pair represent the usual predominantly pitching oscillation,<br />
provided the aircraft 1s statically stable, i.e., provded that