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8 - Aerothermodynamic Testing and Hypersonic Physics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2023

Zonglin Jiang  and
Randy S. M. Chue
Zonglin Jiang
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Randy S. M. Chue
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Summary

The surrounding air flow around a hypersonic vehicle behaves quite differently from supersonic flows. The kinetic energy is converted into internal energy which can increase the flow temperature and induce endothermic reactions near the vehicle surface. It is a challenge to develop flow diagnostic and aerodynamic measurement technologies with high precision for high-enthalpy wind tunnel tests. There are, generally, three types of measurement technologies widely used in exploring high-enthalpy flows, including heat-transfer measurement, aerodynamic balance, and optical diagnostic techniques. In this chapter, hypersonic tests with the aforementioned measurement technologies are summarized to demonstrate the progress on high-enthalpy flow experiments. Four kinds of experiments are included here, and the topics are aerodynamic force and moment tests, aerothermal heating measurements, hypersonic boundary-layer flow diagnostics, and supersonic combustion and scramjet engine tests. Actually, there are a lot of interesting topics, but these four are important not only to understand aerothermodynamic physics but also to support the development of hypersonic vehicles.

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hypersonic testaerodynamic forces and momentumaerodynamic heatinghypersonic boundary layersupersonic combustion tests
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Theories and Technologies of Hypervelocity Shock Tunnels , pp. 236 - 297
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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