Hypersonic test facilities: requirements analysis and preliminary design

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dc.contributor.authorDrauch, Gregory Andrewen
dc.contributor.committeechairJakubowski, Antoni K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSchetz, Joseph A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberNikolaidis, Efstratiosen
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:49Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:49Zen
dc.date.issued1990-04-15en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-07en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-07en
dc.description.abstractThere has come about, in recent years, a renewed interest in aerospace vehicles operating in the hypersonic regime. With this interest has come a need to not only reestablish the hypersonic test capability that was available in the 1960s but to enhance this capability to meet the demanding needs of today's proposed vehicles. This will require more capable hypersonic wind tunnels with larger test sections, longer run times, and test gases more closely resembling the fluid to be encountered by the vehicle being developed. This document will review the current hypersonic testing capability, examine the operating characteristics of several hypersonic vehicles to develop a set of hypersonic testing requirements, and develop a preliminary design of a required hypersonic facility that addresses the demonstrated requirements. An order of magnitude cost estimate is also presented.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 131 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04072009-040425en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04072009-040425/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41905en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.D739.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22293960en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.D739en
dc.subject.lcshAerodynamics, Hypersonic -- Researchen
dc.subject.lcshTesting laboratoriesen
dc.titleHypersonic test facilities: requirements analysis and preliminary designen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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