Hypersonic Flight Testing - STO AVT-234
Monday 24 March 2014 - Thursday 27 March 2014VKI secretariat, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Phone: +32 2 359 96 04
Hypersonic flight experiments benefit from the recent technology developments in materials, computational power, miniaturisation, etc. that have significantly reduced the level of cost and resources required for such testing. They appear more and more attractive as a research activity, in association with wind tunnel and CFD activities.
This recent trend can be illustrated by the increased number of hypersonic research programs: X-51, HIFiRE, SHEFFEX, SCRAMSPACE, EXPERT, IXV, LEA, USV, etc. Translating a laboratory experiment into the sky imposes severe design constraints on the payload, typically affecting its environmental conditions (pressure, temperature, acceleration, etc.), packaging and resources (mass, energy & data). This special course aims at reviewing the recent hypersonic flight research programs, address the fundamental differences between ground and in-sky testing, report on the different mission design methodologies and the constraints associated with the realities of hypersonic flights.
More information about the STO Activity AVT-234: http://www.cso.nato.int/activities.aspx.
Programme
Monday 24 March, 2014
- 09:00 Welcome address
J. Muylaert. Director, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics - 09:15 General Introduction and different class of hypersonic vehicles. I
Ernst Heinrich Hirschel, AIAA Aachen, Germany - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:45 General Introduction and different class of hypersonic vehicles. II
Ernst Heinrich Hirschel, AIAA Aachen, Germany - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Space shuttle: design methods and lessons learned
Charles J. Camarda, NASA, USA - 15:15 Coffee Break
- 15:45 Space shuttle STS-114: Return-to-flight post Columbia tragedy
Charles J. Camarda
Tuesday 25 March, 2014
- 09:00 SHEFEX I, II and III, mission design
Hendrick Weihs, DLR Stuttgart, Germany - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:45 High Temperature materials for hypersonic vehicles
Hendrick Weihs
- 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 EXPERT, Flight experiments
Jan Thoemel, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium - 15:15 Coffee Break
- 15:45 The IXV: getting ready for flight
Giorgio Tumino, ESA, The Netherlands
Wednesday 26 March, 2014
- 09:00 Hypersonic gliders and air-breathing vehicles: HIFIRE & X-51 Waverider
Kevin Bowcutt, BOEING, USA - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:45 Hypersonic gliders and air-breathing vehicles: HIFIRE & X-51 Waverider (con’t)
Kevin Bowcutt, BOEING, USA - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Scramjets: Scramspace
Sandy Tirtey, University of Queensland, Australia - 15:15 Coffee Break
- 15:45 Ramjets: LEA
Francois Falempin, MBDA, France
Thursday 27 March, 2014
- 09:00 Precooled air turbo rocket engine
Victor Fernández Villace, von Karman institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium - 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:45 Conclusion
Ernst Heinrich Hirschel, AIAA Aachen, Germany - 12:30 Lunch
Fee & Registration
Normal Fee (after January 24, 2014)
For undergraduate student, the request to be considered for an award must accompany the application to attend the Lecture Series, and the applicant must provide a recommendation letter from his or her professor; if not done so, the request will not be taken into consideration. All possible alternative sources of funding should be investigated before aid is requested under this scheme, so that those most in need will benefit.
The fee includes printed notes, lunches, beverages, and administrative costs.
For non-Nato citizens, a request should be sent directly to STO (STO Paris, attn : Mrs. S. Cheyne – AVT Panel, rue Ancelle 7, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, or by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) at least 6 weeks prior to this course. The acceptance should then be joined to your inscription and sent to VKI.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Payment 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the course (name and course title clearly indicated) by bank transfer to our account IBAN BE57 2100 3153 3035 , SWIFT BIC GEBABEBB
Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode (near Brussels), Belgium