Jan 07, 2015 doug graham, lockheeds vice president for strategic and missile defense systems, said hypersonic glide vehicles travel at the top of the atmosphere, the systems optimum target zone. Air force that the national research council nrc examine whether the technologies that underlie the concept of a hypersonic, airlaunched, airbreathing, hydrocarbonfueled missile with speeds up to mach 81 can be demonstrated in time to be initially operational by 2015. A bayesian approach to missile reliability taylor hardison redd department of statistics, byu master of science each year, billions of dollars are spent on missiles and munitions by the united states government. An aerodynamic force and lateral thrust blended control autopilot is designed for the nearspace airbreathing hypersonic missile with low overload cruise phase due to angle of attack restriction. The shown missile is a substantially modified version of the iskander srbm, with mig31 serving as the boost phase, providing a high altitude launch at supersonic speeds recommend a. The chinese peoples liberation army began developing its own longrange hypersonic missile, the dfzf rocketboosted hypersonic glide vehicle, in the 2010s. Hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis aiaa arc.
Aerothermal analysis and design a hypersonic application army hypersonic compact kinetic energy missile laser w indow design dr. The analysis was based on a simple model estimating the time to the detection and interception of a hypersonic missile. Stokes analysis ultimately concludes that the hypersonic missiles could pose a formidable challenge to u. Simulation toolkit for rigorous interceptor design and.
Also this study was analyzed by quantifying their effects on the missile range. This study was undertaken in response to a request by the u. Aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics play a significant role in the design of hypersonic missile systems, driving flight vehicle performance and durability. Range sensitivity analysis of a canard controlled missile. Later this year, a separate contract for a hypersonic strike weapon to be launched from. More important than records, however, were the x15s probing of hypersonic aerodynamic performance and heating rates, research into structural behavior during high heating and high flight loads. In addition, a microsoft excel thermal analysis 50 kb spreedsheet is available as a free download. The pentagon awarded contracts last year for hypersonic test vehicles, and prototypes are expected in 2020. Hypersonic missile contract to go to lockheed, boeing. These phenomena must be adequately characterized and uncertainties identified to develop guidance and control methodologies. Hypersonic missiles are under rapid development in china and russia as a way to penetrate advanced air and missile defenses such as those developed by the army and navy. The design of the airbreathing hypersonic vehicle is such that there is.
We have read much about new chinese missiles such as the df21, which. Army aviation and missile command, redstone arsenal, al, usa 35898 forrest strobel, michael rembert. Fuzzy control strategy for hypersonic missile autopilot. The curves in figure c1 plot the flyout limitation of the surface toair missile as driven by radar sensitivity, system. Fuzzy control strategy for hypersonic missile autopilot with.
Temperaturedependent electromagnetic performance predictions of a hypersonic streamlined radome raveendranath u. Computational sensitivity analysis for the aerodynamic. Afp said the defense ministry reported the hypersonic missile hit its target. Hypersonic speed, nuclear deterrence, missile defence, counter measure, time sensitive. Finally, the missile dives attack when approaching the target. The united states and australia conducted a joint missile test earlier this month of a hypersonic missile capable of traveling faster than six thousand miles an hour. The analysis was performed by varying the radar cross section of the hypersonic missile and using typical modern surfacetoair missile system parameters. Request pdf hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis the performance of a conceptual, missileclass, hypersonic vehicle was modeled using a.
The decrease of efficiency of ramjet performance starts around mach 5. The missile is faster than any other missile currently deployed by the worlds armies, capable of reaching a speed of up to 4,600 mph, which is nearly six times the speed of sound covering a distance of 155 miles in just 2. Hypersonic weapons 5 in any discussion about the hypersonic, the words platforms and weapons are used interchangeably. Jan 14, 2014 stokes analysis ultimately concludes that the hypersonic missiles could pose a formidable challenge to u. Feb 22, 2017 hypersonic missiles are under rapid development in china and russia as a way to penetrate advanced air and missile defenses such as those developed by the army and navy. Simulation toolkit for rigorous interceptor design and evaluation stride in a nutshell strides model architecture is modularized with a buildingblock approach. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations.
Furthermore, the effects of dissociation, fuel mixing and friction are discussed. This system is referred to as a hypersonic surfacetoair missile hysam shown in figure 1. Controloriented analysis of aerothermoelastic effects for a hypersonic vehicle by sanketh bhat december 2008 chair. Highperformance supersonic missile inlet design using. We have heard much about the antiaccessarea denial threat china poses to american and allied forces in the pacific. It is therefore vital to have a dependable method to estimate the reliability of these missiles. Hypersonic vehicle hsv modelinghypersonic carlos e. The range sensitivity analysis was conducted on a thrust, weight, drag and lift. A solid rocket boost to mach 4 established the takeover condition for the airbreathing propulsion system which then provides the acceleration and cruise performance requirements into the. Hypersonic missile nonproliferation rand corporation. The gps data are used the accelerometers at the onset of reentry forces. The missile represents a further development of the hela hypersonic experimental flying vehicle developed by npo mashinostroyeniya that. The us and australia are testing hypersonic missiles.
The dfzf, which is similar to the pgshtv2 system, underwent its first fullscale flight test in january 2014, and conducted few more flight tests later, of which only one failed. High speedhypersonic aircraft propulsion technology. The missile is comprised of a nose section, guidance section, and motor section. Presently, the strategic utility of hypersonic technology is mainly in the realm of missiles, and lesser attention is being. Doug graham, lockheeds vice president for strategic and missile defense systems, said hypersonic glide vehicles travel at the top. Heat shielding analysis of a hypersonic aerospace vehicle. After a thorough operational analysis of future concepts and a look at the current advances in hypersonic technology, this paper concludes there are feasible military missions for hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft in the 2035 timeframe. Vulnerability of a hypersonic missile to surfacetoair defensive missiles.
Sep 20, 2017 this is all possible, but china has been boasting of having a shipkilling hypersonic ballistic missile for over 10 years, with little evidence to back up the claims. Hagelauer submitted to the department of aeronautics and astronautics on august 5, 1993, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the master of science in aeronautics and astronautics abstract. This is far from the first missile design to leverage mig31s performance in speed, takeoff weight, ceiling and combat range. It is therefore vital to have a dependable method to. China claims to have successfully tested a hypersonic aircraft capable of reaching speeds in excess of mach 6, or 4,563 miles per hour. Sensitivity studies on configuration component system. Given the radar performance parameter, r 0, which is the maximum range for initial detection of a target with a radar cross section of one square meter, the detection range for a target with a radar cross section.
Mar 04, 2018 this is far from the first missile design to leverage mig31s performance in speed, takeoff weight, ceiling and combat range. The us and australia are testing hypersonic missiles slashdot. The 3m22 zircon also spelled as 3m22 tsirkon russian. There is a very thin line between hypersonic systems and hypersonic missiles. Airbreathing hypersonic weapons use engines to suck in air, which is then used to burn fuel by a ramjet or scramjet engine. Kinzhal is an operationaltactical complex, able to reach hypersonic speeds, a 2000 km range although some suggest it is closer to 1500 km. Fuzzy control strategy for hypersonic missile autopilot with blended aerofin and lateral thrust pengfei yang, yangwang fang, dong chai, and youli wu proceedings of the institution of mechanical engineers, part i. For the trajectory of interest, the missile nose and guidance sections are protected by a chartek 4 2 thermal protection system, and the motor section utilizes a sacrificial over wrap of fiberglass epoxy. Hypersonic weapons are weapons that move at speeds of mach 5 or faster. Boostskipping trajectory optimization for airbreathing. The limit of the interception range of a modern surfacetoair missile system can be easily estimated.
To analyze the range sensitivity of a guided missile, a trajectory analysis program of a guided missile was developed. China tests hypersonic missile vehicle the diplomat. Request pdf sensitivity of hydrocarbon combustion modeling for hypersonic missile design aspects relating to the aerodynamic and propulsive design and. Hypersonic weapon defense will be hard and expensive. Hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis. Before doing analysis to mesh the model so that the effectively find the change in temperature at each and every point. India to put brahmos hypersonic missile into service after. The official added that the tests of brahmos would be carried out with the use of su30mki fighter jets. Dynamics and sensitivity analysis of a class of high speed. This manual importing process provided a very good level of agreement between the fins. Cesnik associate professor of aerospace engineering university of michigan, ann arbor hsv concentration macccs kickoff meeting ann arbor, 29 august 2007. Dynamics and sensitivity analysis of a class of high speed aircraft by patrick v. Brahmos, a word combining brahmaputra and moscow, is a name for a missile created within the framework of the joint efforts of both india and russia. Hypersonic missiles, military technology, russia homeland.
Request pdf sensitivity of hydrocarbon combustion modeling for hypersonic missile design aspects relating to the aerodynamic and propulsive design and analysis of missileclass, waverider. The missile can carry a conventional warhead of up to 660 pounds. This report examines the implications of the proliferation of hypersonic missiles. By another way, due to the extreme sensitivity of the payload mass for a. Hypersonic missiles are coming to change warfare forever. Aerospace engineering hypersonic ight is seen as a feasible solution to make space travel faster, safer and more a. And, because of their time sensitivity, strategic forces and. Eventually, a simple analysis of the air inlet and the nozzle is developed in order to have an overall vision of. Gerald russell, stephen cayson, mike jones, wendy carriger, robert mitchell u.
Heat shielding analysis of a hypersonic aerospace vehicle structure 3 k. The performance of a conceptual, missileclass, hypersonic vehicle was modeled using a 2degreeoffreedom dynamics model. Prompt global strike pgs is a united states military effort to develop a system that can deliver a precisionguided conventional weapon airstrike anywhere in the world within one hour, in a similar manner to a nuclear icbm. After the airbreathing hypersonic missile launched from the aerial platform, the rocket motor boosts the missile to the realm of near space and the flight speed to 45 ma.
As they approach or achieve hypersonic speeds, mach 5 or 3,800 miles per hour, the booster on the missile will fall away and their more fuelefficient, supersonic combustion jet engine, named. Russia is the first country to deploy a hypersonic nuclear missile. Perform heat transfer analysis under transient state. A systematic overview of the multidisciplinary design, analysis and optimization for hypersonic scramjet powered missiles is detailed in this paper. The hypersonic missile confirmed its technical operational performance and timing data of the kinzhal missile system. Sensitivity of hydrocarbon combustion modeling for. Oct 29, 2017 as they approach or achieve hypersonic speeds, mach 5 or 3,800 miles per hour, the booster on the missile will fall away and their more fuelefficient, supersonic combustion jet engine, named. Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where. Then the scramjet ignites and the missile cruises in near space. Hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis journal of. Range sensitivity analysis of a canard controlled missile journal of the korea institute of military science and technology, vol. Within this field, many of the most important results have been experimental. Also new in this description is a slender missile analysis that validates hypercfd for the prediction of drag coefficient cd and center of pressure location xcp for the flight regime which extends from mach 1.
Hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle wikipedia. Conceptual high speed missile sizing, aiaas aircraft technology, integration, and. Ascent guidance for airbreathing hypersonic vehicles based on. Weight considerations in tactical missile design flight performance considerations in tactical missile design. All the countries will say is that the flights were successful, and that they represented significant milestones in testing everything from the design assembly to the control mechanisms. This paper presents the weight analysis of the body structure of liquid hydrogen fueled hypersonic aircraft and discusses the weight characteristics of selected hypersonic aircraft designs. Fuzzy control strategy for hypersonic missile autopilot with blended aerofin and lateral thrust. The bbc news reported the missile was said to travel 10 times the speed of sound and had a range of 1,200 miles. Parameter denition 1 u1 initial cone angle 2 u2 final cone angle 3 xd axial location of throat 4 rd radial location of throat 5 xe axial location of end of constant cross section 6 u3 internal cowl lip angle 7 hej height at end of constant cross section 8 hfk height at beginning of.
Vehicle modeling and simulation are supported via element models integrated via the stride interface layer for 36dof simulation and performance analysis. Ssn33 is a scramjet powered maneuvering antiship hypersonic cruise missile developed by russia. Cesnik associate professor of aerospace engineering. The performance of the interceptor is based on a model for miss distance that embodies the. China tests hypersonic aircraft capable of penetrating u. Hypersonic flight is flight through the atmosphere below about 90 km at speeds above mach 5, a speed where dissociation of air begins to become significant and high heat loads exist. Hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis core. Jul 18, 2017 the united states and australia conducted a joint missile test earlier this month of a hypersonic missile capable of traveling faster than six thousand miles an hour. India is pushing ahead with the development of ground and flight test hardware as part of an ambitious plan for a hypersonic cruise missile the defense research and development laboratorys hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle hstdv is intended to attain autonomous scramjet flight for 20 seconds, using a solid rocket launch booster. Such a weapon would allow the united states to respond far more swiftly to rapidly emerging threats than is possible with conventional forces. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to supersonics and engine design.
The cuttingedge vehicle has the potential to penetrate u. Highperformance supersonic missile inlet design using automated optimization gecheng zha, donald smith, mark schwabacher, khaled rasheed, andrew gelsey, and doyle knight rutgers university, piscataway, new jersey 088550909 and martin haas united technologies research center, east hartford, connecticut 06180 a multilevel design. University of adelaide, south australia 5005, australia. Aerothermal analysis and design a hypersonic application. Performance comparison of single and multistage onboard thermoelectric generators and stage number optimization at a large temperature difference applied thermal engineering, vol. Journal of systems and control engineering 2015 230. Review and evaluation of the air force hypersonic technology. Postflight performance of gpsins navigation for a hypersonic. Request pdf hypersonic missile performance and sensitivity analysis the performance of a conceptual, missileclass, hypersonic vehicle was modeled using a 2degreeoffreedom dynamics model.
The weight items considered in addition to the loadcarrying body structure are the body fuel tank, the body thermal protection system, and the wing. A solid rocket boost to mach 4 established the takeover condition for the airbreathing propulsion system which then provides the acceleration and cruise performance requirements into the hypersonic speed regime. Eventually, a simple analysis of the air inlet and the nozzle is developed in order to have an overall vision of the scramjet and its feasibility. Hypersonic missilesspecifically, hypersonic glide vehicles and hyper sonic cruise.
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