A typical model of hypersonic vehicle has the complicated dynamics such as the unstable states, the nonminimum phases, and the strong coupling input-output relations. As a result, designing a robust stabilization controller is essential to implement the anticipated tasks. This paper presents a robust stabilization controller based on the guardian maps theory for hypersonic vehicle. First, the g...

A numerical study on the influence of forward-facing cavity length upon forward-facing cavity and opposing jet combined thermal protection system (TPS) cooling efficiency under hypersonic flow is conducted, by means of which the flow field parameters, heat flux distribution along the outer body surface are obtained. The numerical simulation results are validated by experiments and the cooling e...

In hypersonic flow computations, it is a key issue to predict surface heating accurately, though this is still challenging because there always are possibilities of resulting in anomalous solutions. In this paper, three properties for flux functions are proposed: 1) shock stability/robustness, 2) conservation of total enthalpy, and 3) resolving boundary layer. Then, numerical experiments are pe...

A novel parameterized model for temperature distribution is proposed. A framework for uncertainty quantification and global sensitivity in hypersonic aerothermoelastic analysis is developed based on this model. The uncertainty quantification and global sensitivity analysis in hypersonic aerothermoelastic analysis for control surface due to hypersonic aerothermodynamics is investigated in this s...

Passive control of hypersonic boundary-layer transition using porous coatings has been studied by theoretical analyses, experiments, and numerical simulations. It was found that porous coating stabilizes Mack’s second mode and destabilizes Mack’s first mode. However, there are only few studies on the stabilization efficiency of porous coating. And no work has been reported about the thermochemi...

The hypersonic aeroelastic and aerothermoelastic problem of a double-wedge airfoil typical cross-section is studied using three different unsteady aerodynamic loads: (1) third-order piston theory, (2) Euler aerodynamics, and (3) Navier-Stokes aerodynamics. Computational aeroelastic response results are used to obtain frequency and damping characteristics, and compared with those from piston the...

The problem of two-dimensional steady hypersonic flow past a slender body is formulated for dispersive media. It is shown that for the hypersonic flow, the original 2+ 0 boundary-value problem is asymptotically equivalent to the 1+ 1 piston problem for the fully nonlinear flow in the same physical system, which allows one to take advantage of the analytic methods developed for one-dimensional s...

A two-fluid theory of long wavelength, hypersonic, drift-tearing magnetic islands in low-collisionality, lowplasmas possessing relatively weak magnetic shear is developed. The model assumes both slab geometry and cold ions, and neglects electron temperature and equilibrium current gradient effects. The problem is solved in three asymptotically matched regions. The “inner region” contains the is...

Flight control of hypersonic vehicles is challenging because of the wide range of operating conditions encountered and certain aspects unique to high speed flight. A particular safety concern in hypersonic flight is the risk of an inlet unstart, which not only produces a significant decrease in thrust but also results in a change to the aerodynamics and thus can lead to the loss of the vehicle....