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Propulsion
This course explores technologies required for successful development of ram/scramjet engines
for applications to hypersonic missiles, hypersonic aircraft, and combined cycle engines for space
vehicles. It offers a detailed look at the design of key components common to most HAP systems,
such as inlets, isolators, combustors, fuel injectors, flameholders, and nozzles.
We provide examples of designs and analyses to explain principles involved in understanding how
mechanisms should work and how design margins should be evaluated during the evolution of a
HAP program. We will provide guidelines for using appropriate computational tools in various
stages of HAP development .
You will discover why a hypersonic airbreathing propulsion system creates a nozzle pressure ratio of one or
two orders of magnitude higher than that of a conventional supersonic aircraft.
You will learn to identify the optimum propulsion performance of a scramjet-powered waverider or missile.
You will discover the Mach number flight condition where scramjet engines outperform other propulsion
systems.
You will learn how fuel is injected in an airstream that is moving supersonically, and how to control ignition,
improve fuel-air mixing, and achieve efficient supersonic combustion.
You will learn why scramjet engines, more than any other propulsion system, need to be integrated efficiently
with the airframe.
You will receive the technical background to perform scramjet cycle analysis and help you begin preliminary
design of scramjet engines.
You will get clear guidelines for thermal management and material selection.
You learn the basis of conceptual design and scaling rules for hypersonic airbreathing propulsion.
You will learn how to integrate CFD and ground testing data to develop flight-ready vehicles
You will learn how we can combine ram/scramjets with rockets to produce efficient propulsion over a wide
range of flight speeds, from zero to hypersonic Mach numbers.
You will leave the course with new insights to study advanced propulsion concepts where the mission calls for
multimode propulsion units, as in air-ducted rockets, ramjets, and scramjets, all combined into a single
combined cycle engine.
The panel includes exceptional professionals who are actively engaged in R&D and higher education,
investigating all aspects of hypersonics propulsion. They represent the development work that is being
performed at NASA, the US Air Force, and the aerospace industry.