[HTML][HTML] Infrared radiation characteristics of a hypersonic vehicle under time-varying angles of attack

NIU Qinglin, Y Zhichao, C Biao, D Shikui - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2019 - Elsevier
Hypersonic vehicles emit strong infrared (IR) radiation signatures that can be treated as a
detecting source for object identification and routine diagnosis. This paper is aimed at …

Nonlinear growth and breakdown of the hypersonic crossflow instability

JB Edelman - 2019 - search.proquest.com
A sharp, circular 7 half-angle cone was tested in the Boeing/AFOSR Mach-6 Quiet Tunnel at
6 angle of attack, extending several previous experiments on the growth and breakdown of …

Preflight ground test analyses of the boundary layer transition (BOLT) flight geometry

HE Kostak, RDW Bowersox - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
Wind-tunnel experiments were performed to quantify boundary-layer instabilities both on
and off the surface of a 33% scale model of the US Air Force Research Laboratory/US Air …

Preflight boundary-layer stability analysis of BOLT geometry

AJ Moyes, HL Reed - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
Boundary-layer stability and laminar-to-turbulent transition are examined on the Boundary
Layer Transition flight-test vehicle using predicted flow conditions at ascent and descent …

HIFiRE-5b heat flux and boundary-layer transition

TJ Juliano, J Poggie, KM Porter, RL Kimmel… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE)-5 is a hypersonic flight-
test experiment designed to investigate the aerothermodynamics of a three-dimensional …

Freestream disturbance effects on boundary layer instability and transition on the AFOSR BOLT geometry

H Kostak, RD Bowersox, G McKiernan… - AIAA Scitech 2019 …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
Hypersonic flight continues to be a challenging flow regime. Understanding the mechanisms
behind transition from laminar to turbulent flow on hypersonic vehicles will lead to more …

Plasma-actuated flow control of hypersonic crossflow-induced boundary-layer transition

HB Yates, EH Matlis, TJ Juliano, MW Tufts - AIAA Journal, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
The purpose of this research was to design, fabricate, and test a plasma-based active flow-
control system to accelerate and delay crossflow-induced boundary-layer transition on a …

Boundary Layer Turbulence Flight Experiment in Memory of Mike Holden: Vehicle Design, Instrumentation, and Ground Test Results

AT Dufrene, P Portoni, TP Wadhams… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0478. vid Air Force Office of
Scientific Research and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) funded the Boundary Layer …

Ground test of transition for HIFiRE-5b at flight-relevant attitudes

MP Borg, RL Kimmel - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
A 2∶ 1 elliptic cone model was tested in a Mach 6 quiet wind tunnel at both low and
elevated freestream noise levels. Simultaneous measurements were made using an infrared …

First and fifth hypersonic international flight research experimentation's flight and ground tests

RL Kimmel, DW Adamczak, MP Borg… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) program is a
hypersonic flight-test program executed by the US Air Force Research Laboratory and the …