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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Two Waverider-Derived Hypersonic Cruise Configurations

Author
Huebner, Lawrence D.
Published
Jul. 1996.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Cockrell, Charles E., Jr. and Finley, Dennis B.
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Summary
An evaluation was made on the effects of integrating the required aircraft components with hypersonic high-lift configurations known as waveriders to create hypersonic cruise vehicles. Previous studies suggest that waveriders offer advantages in aerodynamic performance and propulsion/airframe integration (PAI) characteristics over conventional non-waverider hypersonic shapes. A wind-tunnel model was developed that integrates vehicle components, including canopies, engine components, and control surfaces, with two pure waverider shapes, both conical-flow-derived waveriders for a design Mach number of 4.0. Experimental data and limited computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions were obtained over a Mach number range of 1.6 to 4.63. The experimental data show the component build-up effects and the aerodynamic characteristics of the fully integrated configurations, including control surface effectiveness. The aerodynamic performance of the fully integrated configurations is not comparable to that of the pure waverider shapes, but is comparable to previously tested hypersonic models. Both configurations exhibit good lateral-directional stability characteristics.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19960045290.
Accession ID: 96N32257.
NASA-TP-3559.
NAS 1.60:3559.
L-17479.
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