MOTIVATION: Importance of quiet tunnels for hypersonic research -- Understanding the nature of laminar-to-turbulent transition is crucial for: * Reusable launch vehicles * Hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft * Hypersonic cruise vehicles * Ballistic reentry vehicles * Current Programs * DARPA FALCON glide vehicle * X-51 * Orion.
Performance Improvements in Boeing/AFOSR Mach 6 Quiet Wind Tunnel Based on CFD Predictions
2007
27 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aerodynamics , Laboratory & Test Facility Design & Operation , Fluid Mechanics , Wind tunnels , Computational fluid dynamics , Quiet , Predictions , Hypersonic flight , Laminar flow , Reusable equipment , Ballistics , Launch vehicles , Reconnaissance aircraft , Oscilloscopes , Mach number , Transitions , Turbulent flow , Cruisers , Performance(Engineering) , Quiet tunnels , Cfd(Computational fluid dynamics) , Briefing charts
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