NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Design pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Design

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For a hypersonic vehicle, propelled by scramjet engines, integration of the engines and airframe is highly desirable. Thus, the forward capture shape of the engine inlet should conform to the vehicle body shape. Furthermore, the use of modular engines places a constraint on the shape of the inlet sidewalls. Finally, one may desire a combustor cross- section shape that is different from that of the inlet. These shape constraints for the inlet can be accommodated by employing a streamline-tracing and lofting technique. This design technique was developed by Smart for inlets with a rectangular-to-elliptical shape transition. In this paper, we generalise that technique to produce inlets that conform to arbitrary shape requirements. As an example, we show the design of a body-integrated hypersonic inlet on a winged-cone vehicle, typical of what might be used in a three-stage orbital launch system. The special challenge of inlet design for this conical vehicle at an angle-of-attack is also discussed.

That challenge is that the bow shock sits relatively close to the vehicle body

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 1/4/2010
• Year: 2010
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), HYPERSONIC VEHICLES, ENGINE INLETS, SHAPES, ANGLE OF ATTACK, AIRFRAMES, SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION RAMJET ENGINES, HYPERSONIC INLETS, SHOCK WAVES, LAUNCHING, Gollan, Rowan J., Smart, Michael K

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