Hypersonic and Supersonic Flight Advances in Aerodynamics, Materials, and Vehicle Design

• Other Authors: Volkov, Konstantin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2023
• Subjects: Aerodynamics; hydrogen; computational fluid dynamics; fuel cells; electric propulsion; energy density; shock wave
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hypersonic flight vehicles have the potential to enable a range of future aviation and space missions. However, the extreme environmental conditions associated with high Mach number flight pose a major challenge for vehicle aerodynamics, materials and structures, and flight control, particularly wit...