Theories and Technologies of Hypervelocity Shock Tunnels

"Introducing the state-of-the-art of hypervelocity shock tunnels, this complete reference features a variety of drivers and step-by-step introductions to their theories, physics, methods and testing. This book enables researchers and engineers in aerospace to design and improve wind tunnels that simulate flow qualities of real hypersonic flyers"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Shock wave relations and aerothermodynamic states; 3. Heated light-gas high-enthalpy shock tunnels; 4. Free-piston driven high-enthalpy shock tunnels; 5. Detonation-driven high-enthalpy shock tunnels; 6. Theory and methods for long-test duration shock tunnels; 7. Methods for designing high-enthalpy flow nozzles; 8. Aero-thermal-dynamic testing and hypersonic physics.

About the author

Zonglin Jiang is a professor of the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a Distinguished Fellow of the International Shock Wave Institute (ISWI), a Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and an AIAA Associate Fellow. He has been internationally recognized for his universal framework of detonation initiation and propagation, the theory and technology for detonation-driven hypervelocity shock tunnels, the standing oblique detonation ramjet engine and the dispersion-controlled dissipative shock-capturing scheme, and rewarded the 2016 AIAA Ground Testing Award, the National Technology Invention Prize of China, the Outstanding Scientific and Technology Achievement Prize of CAS.Randy S. M. Chue has worked extensively in the analysis and optimization of various wind-tunnels for testing scramjets and re-entry vehicles, such as the NASA HyPulse and blowdown facilities located at GASL, at which he was the Chief Engineer for Computational Fluids. He was also an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University and his teaching and research were focused on propulsion.

Product details

• Authors: Randy S M Chue, Randy S. M. Chue, Randy S. M. (Nanyang Technological University Chue, Zonglin Jiang, Zonglin (Chinese Academy of Sciences Jiang, Jiang Zonglin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2023
• EAN: 9781316516751
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51675-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Acoustics & Sound, Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics & heat, Fluid mechanics, Aerospace & aviation technology, Acoustic & sound engineering, Aerospace and aviation technology, Physics: Fluid mechanics, Acoustic and sound engineering, Thermodynamics and heat, Heat transfer processes