Hypersonic Waverider Configurations for Trans-Atmospheric Vehicles

Abstract

This thesis describes the development of a catalogue of waverider shapes generated from axisymmetric conical flow. A simple but reliable method of calculating the viscous drag is presented and over one-hundred configurations are shown with various aerodynamic and pertinent geometric design factors. All of the configurations presented are based on Mach number of 10 and Reynolds number (based on the length of the waverider) of 10 to the 6th power. However, the analysis presented here adapts itself to any Mach or Reynolds number. The lift-to-drag ratios presented range from 4.32 to 5.06 while the average skin friction coefficient ranged from 0.00176 to 0.00205. The volume to area ratio V2/3/S(p) ranged from 0.224 to 0.153. Keywords: Hypersonic waverider configurations, Hypersonic missiles, Aircraft characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217925

Entities

People

  • William P. Martin

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Free Stream
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laminar Boundary Layer
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Reynolds Number
  • Shape
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics