The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology. Volume 1: From Max Valier to Project PRIME (1924-1967).

The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology. Volume 1: From Max Valier to Project PRIME (1924-1967).
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Total Pages: 853
Release: 1998
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The history of hypersonics teaches that faith in, and unquestioning acceptance of, a hypersonic future is akin to belief in the Second Coming: one knows and trusts that it will occur, but one can't be certain when. That hypersonics is yet again in a period of renewal echoes a familiar theme in the history of hypersonic research and development. As programs have waxed and waned, the field has progressed through various cycles of growing interest and rising optimism followed by cancellation, pessimism, and slow rebuilding of interest. For example, at the time the first two volumes of The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology were published, it appeared that the field was, at last, on the verge of achieving what had been its most long-sought goal: developing hardware--a genuine transatmospheric vehicle, the X-3O, that could take off from the earth under its own power (using air breathing propulsion) fly through the atmosphere into space, and then return through the atmosphere to land, and possible complementary European and Asian vehicles as well.

Coming Home

Coming Home
Author: Roger D. Launius
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012
Genre: Aerospace engineering
ISBN: 9780160910647

NOTE; NO FURTHER DISCOUNT ON THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Signficantly reduced list price The technologies for the reentry and recovery from space might change over time, but the challenge remains one of the most important and vexing in the rigorous efforts to bring spacecraft and their crews and cargo home successfully. Returning to Earth after a flight into space is a fundamental challenge, and contributions from the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in aerodynamics, thermal protection, guidance and control, stability, propulsion, and landing systems have proven critical to the success of the human space flight and other space programs. Without this base of fundamental and applied research, the capability to fly into space would not exist. Other related products: NASA Historical Data Book, V. 7: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation/Human Spaceflight, and Space Science can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01309-4 Revolutionary Atmosphere: The Story of the Altitude Wind Tunnel and the Space Power Chambers can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01342-6 Spinoff: Innovative Partnerships Program 2009 can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01331-1 Spinoff 2010: NASA Technologies Benefit Society can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01343-4 Spinoff 2015: Technology Transfer Program can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01372-8 Aerospace, Astronomy & Space Exploration resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/aerospace-astronomy... Other products produced by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/550"

Airbreathing Hypersonic Propulsion

Airbreathing Hypersonic Propulsion
Author: Claudio Bruno
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2023-11-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811979278

This book details science of hypersonics especially focusing on propulsion aspects such as supersonic combustion ramjets and their applications, and also includes lift and drag in hypersonic flight and their mathematical and physical explanation. It provides charts and data from hypersonic testing and measurements from actual vehicles and engines built in the past. Criteria to dimension hypersonic powered and unpowered vehicles (gliders) based on fundamental fluid dynamics and backed by flight testing; criteria to preliminary sizing vehicles and preliminary dimensioning of supersonic combustors are introduced. The book will serve better theoretical understanding of drag, lift and how to apply them to the design of hypersonic vehicles, as well as data to size vehicles and supersonic combustion ramjet (SCRJ) systems. This book will be a useful reference for researchers and designers in hypersonic vehicles but also second or third-year graduate students.