Re-entry Aerodynamics

Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND on June 10, 2013 | http://arc.aiaa.org | DOI: 10.2514/4.862342 Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND on June 10, 2013 | http://arc.aiaa.org | DOI: 10.2514/4.862342 Re-Entry Aerodynamics Wilbur L. Hankey Wright State University Dayton, Ohio AIAA EDUCATION SERIES J. S. Przemieniecki Series Editor-in-Chief Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20024 Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND on June 10, 2013 | http://arc.aiaa.org | DOI: 10.2514/4.862342 Text Published In the AIAA Education Series Re-Entry Vehicle Dynamics Frank J. Regan, 1984 Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion Gordon C. Gates, 1984 Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components Gordon C. Gates, Editor, 1985 Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design Robert E. Ball, 1985 Intake Aerodynamics J. Seddon and E. L. Goldsmith, 1985 Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures Brian C. Hoskin and Alan A. Baker, Editors, 1986 Gasdynamics: Theory and Applications George Emanuel, 1986 Aircraft Engine Design Jack D. Mattingly, William Heiser, and Daniel H. Daley, 1987 An Introduction to The Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics Richard H. Battin, 1987 Radar Electronic Warfare August Golden Jr., 1988 Advanced Classical Thermodynamics George Emanuel, 1988 Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion, Revised and Enlarged Gordon C. Gates, 1988 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. Washington, DC Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hankey, Wilbur, L. Re-entry aerodynamics. (AIAA education series) Includes index. I. Space vehicles-Atmospheric entry. I. Title. II. Series. TL1060.H36 1988 629.4'152 87-37369 ISBN 0-930403-33-9 Copyright © 1988 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND on June 10, 2013 | http://arc.aiaa.org | DOI: 10.2514/4.862342 FOREWORD Wllbur L. Hankey's text, Re-Entry Aerodynamics, which grew from his lectures in a graduate-level course on hypersonics at the Air Force Institute of Technology, summarizes current theories for the analysis of aerodynamic flow about bodies or vehicles re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. It represents a welcome addition to the AIAA Education Series because of the renewed interest in extending the sustained flight regime well into the hypersonic range—as in the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) project. Hankey's book is a companion volume to the first text published in the AIAA Education Series, Re-Entry Vehicle Dynamics by Frank J. Began. Dr. Hankey's first chapter treats the kinetic theory of gases as an introduction to the transport phenomena in re-entry, including three flight regimes: continuum flow, slip flow, and free molecule flow. His second chapter discusses some of the fundamental concepts for trajectory analysis of re-e