TERRESTRIAL HYPERSONIC FLIGHT PROPULSION,

Abstract

This preliminary analytical feasibility study examines several new proposed primary chemical propulsion systems, using the terrestrial atmosphere, with particular emphasis on methods of employing electrical augmentation. Specific weight requirements of practical airborne electric power supplies will be indicated for the various types of applications considered. Although the continuous flight corridor is considered appropriate for this study, an additional approximate envelope of skip-glide trajectories has been included in the potential flight regime because some aspects of electrically augmented systems appear particularly compatible with what would seem the required power plant characteristics of skip-glide operation (i.e., repeatable, high performance, bursts of thrust, of short duration). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1943
Accession Number
AD0422930

Entities

People

  • Kenneth M. Foreman

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Atmospheres
  • Electric Power
  • Engineering
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Flight
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Maryland
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Power
  • Power Supplies
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics