High-Hypersonic Enthalpy Facility (HiHYPER) for Hypersonic and Space Propulsion
Abstract
Achieving ultra-high-speed flight at hypersonic speeds is now a national priority and an international focus driving the hypersonics and space race. Such systems would allow flight through our atmosphere at very high speeds and allow efficient entry and exit from planetary atmospheres making hypersonic defense systems, space exploration, and intercontinental travel as routine as intercity travel is today. Advanced hypersonic propulsion systems are needed to maintain the technological superiority of the U.S. Air Force relative to the growing technological threat from adversaries. High-speed propulsion research requires hypersonic facilities that could generate the representative flight Mach numbers and enthalpies. The purpose of this project is to develop a unique mid-scale High-Hypersonic enthalpy propulsion testing facility for integrated hypersonic materials, aerodynamics, and propulsion research (HiHYPER). HiHYPER will provide significant new capabilities to explore the fundamentals of the hypersonic regime and overcome the most significant national challenges where advances are needed in hypersonic research. The targeted hypersonic regime with the proposed HiHYPER facility development will provide conditions previously inaccessible for fundamental research. The proposed instrumentation development of a high-hypersonic enthalpy propulsion testing facility targeting the mid-scale Mach 4 to 8 research facility capable of hypersonic flight enthalpy conditions. Such a unique hypersonic research facility does not exist today and would be game-changing for deeper understanding of the extreme environment through national multidisciplinary propulsion research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 06, 2024
- Source ID
- FA95502310514
Entities
People
- Kareem Ahmed
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Central Florida