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Design and computational study of waverider configuration with high performance

  • Dongjun Zhang*
  • , Yankui Wang
  • , Xueying Deng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The design method and basic aerodynamic characteristics were studied by numerical simulation for cone-derived waverider at Mach 6 and attack angle 0. Off-design performance of the designed waverider were discussed, namely lift, drag and lift-drag ratio changing with Mach number and attack angle. The inverse-design method for the waverider configuration is based on inviscid conical shock wave. The biggest lift-drag ratio 3.36 considering viscous effects is obtained at Mach 6 when a proper base conical shock wave angle is chosen. A feasible flight control scheme is presented for the SSTO (single-stage-to-orbit) vehicle adopting this configuration. The favorable method of improving the lift-drag ratio of the figuration is brought forward.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)429-433
Number of pages5
JournalBeijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Volume30
Issue number5
StatePublished - May 2004

Keywords

  • Aerodynamic characteristics
  • Aerodynamic configuration
  • Lift-drag ratio
  • Pressure drag
  • Single-stage-to-orbit
  • Waverider

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