Creating a viable, 'aerospaceplane' airbreathing SSTO vehicle will require sophisticated configuration synthesis and a synergistic integration of advanced technologies across the spectrum of disciplines. In design exercises conducted to date, reductions in the fuel weight-fraction requirement can result from improvements in aerodynamics/controls, enhanced propulsion efficiencies, and trajectory optimization. Additional improvements in fuel-weight fraction can result from improvements in structural design, heat-management techniques, and materials properties.
Hypersonic airbreathing vehicle design - Focus on aero-space plane
Joint Europe/U.S. Short Course on Hypersonics ; 1987 ; Paris, France
1989-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aero-Propulsion Test Facilities for Airbreathing Hypersonic Vehicles
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000
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