This chapter explains hypersonic air‐breathing propulsion systems, engines that take the oxidizer from the surrounding atmosphere and propel vehicles to sustained speeds greatly in excess of the local speed of sound, higher than Mach 5. Hypersonic air‐breathing propulsion is based on ramjets and scramjets, the simplest jet engines to propel a vehicle to hypersonic speeds within the atmosphere. For a slender aircraft, hypersonic effects are very clear when it flies at high Mach numbers, as the bow shock gets closer to the body and aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of its flight. A propulsion system is a sophisticated engineering device capable of generating a thrust force to propel a vehicle in a particular direction or to accelerate it in flight. Hypersonic flight offers superior speed and range and rapid response to time‐critical targets, making possible global fast‐reaction reconnaissance missions.
Introduction to Hypersonic Air‐Breathing Propulsion
Scramjet Propulsion ; 1-39
18.11.2022
39 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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