Basic Considerations of Hypersonic Airbreather Design
摘要
This chapter is devoted to a presentation of basic considerations of airbreather design for hypersonic flight, mainly for the Airframe-Propulsion Integration type 4 and 5, Sect. 1.5 . Initially definitions of flight domains and domains of propulsion modes are given. After that the design procedure is discussed. Important is the observation that Cayley’s designCayley’s design paradigm paradigm, which is the blueprint for any successful technical design, loses its validity when considering the design of airbreathing hypersonic flight vehicles of API-type 4 and 5.