Hypersonic Missile Design

Here, we touch on the reasons hypersonic aircraft design is so different from classical aeronautical design theory. Hypersonic aerodynamics is a special branch of the study of aeronautics. The chief characteristic of hypersonic aerodynamics is that the temperatures of the flow around the aircraft is so great that the chemistry of the gas must be considered. At low hypersonic speeds, the molecular bonds vibrate, which changes the magnitude of the forces generated by the air...