A summary of current European activities in the use of waveriders as a practical approach to the aerodynamic design of hypersonic cruise vehicles is presented. Various methods of lifting surface design are discussed, and some comparisons with experimental observations are made. (Author)
The Waverider. A Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle
1968
31 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Fluid Mechanics , Lifting reentry vehicles , Hypersonic characteristics , Design , Wing body configurations , Leading edges , Trailing edge , Flow fields , Shock waves , Lift , Axially symmetric flow , Two dimensional flow , Wind tunnel models , Flow visualization , Angle of attack , Cruise missiles , Waveriders , Caret wings , Lift drag ratio
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