These three volumes entitled Advances in Hypersonics contain the Proceedings of the Second and Third Joint US/Europe Short Course in Hypersonics which took place in Colorado Springs and Aachen. The Second Course was organized at the US Air Force Academy, USA in January 1989 and the Third Course at Aachen, Germany in October 1990. The main idea of these Courses was to present to chemists, comยญ puter scientists, engineers, experimentalists, mathematicians, and physicists state of the art lectures in scientific and technical disยญ ciplines including mathematical modeling, computational methods, and experimental measurements necessary to define the aerothermoยญ dynamic environments for space vehicles such as the US Orbiter or the European Hermes flying at hypersonic speeds. The subjects can be grouped into the following areas: Physยญ ical environments, configuration requirements, propulsion systems (including airbreathing systems), experimental methods for external and internal flow, theoretical and numerical methods. Since hyperยญ sonic flight requires highly integrated systems, the Short Courses not only aimed to give in-depth analysis of hypersonic research and technology but also tried to broaden the view of attendees to give them the ability to understand the complex problem of hypersonic flight. Most of the participants in the Short Courses prepared a docuยญ ment based on their presentation for reproduction in the three volยญ umes. Some authors spent considerable time and energy going well beyond their oral presentation to provide a quality assessment of the state of the art in their area of expertise as of 1989 and 1991
CONTENT
Turbulence Modeling for Hypersonic Flows -- Advanced Topics in Turbulence Theory -- Different Levels of Air Dissociation Chemistry and Its Coupling with Flow Models -- Modeling of Hypersonic Reacting Flows -- Modeling of Hypersonic Non Equilibrium Flows -- Wall Catalytic Recombination and Boundary Conditions in Nonequilibrium Hypersonic FlowsโWith Applications -- Physical Aspects of Hypersonic Flow: Fluid Dynamics and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena -- Permissions
