IVIL high-speed transportation has always been hampered by the lack of range potential or
a too high fuel consumption stemming from a too low cruise efficiency. Indeed, looking into …

This paper deals with the aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic trade-off analysis aiming to
design a small hypersonic flying test bed with a relatively simple vehicle architecture. Such …

This paper deals with design activities performed by CIRA in the frame of its flying test bed
vehicle development, named FTB-X. The re-entry scenario with the corresponding loading …

For the high enthalpy of the incoming flow, thermal protection is a very important issue for
hypersonic vehicles. Strut is a commonly used intrusive fuel injector, and a focus in thermal …

This paper presents the numerical simulations of flowfield over a typical Crew Module at
Mach 4 for different angles-of-attack ranging from 0 to–25°. Detailed flow features such as …

The objective of this paper is to compute entire flow field over Apollo-II, Aerospace Reentry
Demonstrator (ARD), Orbital Experiment (OREX) with sharp shoulder and rounded shape …

The paper presents aerodynamic coefficients of a blunt-nose re-entry capsule with a conical
cross-section followed by a cone-flare body. A computer code is developed to solve …

The paper evaluates the aerodynamic coefficients on a blunt-nose re-entry capsule with a
conical crosssection followed by a cone-flare body. A computer code is developed to solve …

Aerothermodynamics analysis of the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) reentry vehicle at
high altitude has been studied numerically. At high altitude in the rarefied flow regime …

This paper presents a new concept for atmospheric reentry online optimal guidance and
control using a method called MARE G&C that exploits the different time scale featured by …