Publisher's Synopsis
This guide covers significant developments that have taken place in the field of experimental hypersonics since the 1940s, providing a comprehensive treatment of methods of aerodynamic testing at hypersonic speeds. Critical comments about the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the key tools for experimental hypersonic research and testing are included, along with extensive references to the original sources, and several bibliographies. Material relevant to the current aerospace plane and scramjet propulsion projects is featured.;The book is intended to be of use to researchers, engineers and graduate students in the field of high speed aerodynamics who are engaged in the development and design of hypersonic test facilities, missiles, reentry bodies, aerospace planes, and supersonic and hypersonic vehicles for atmospheric and space flight.
