On-board energy management for high-speed aerospace vehicles: system and component-level energy-based optimization and analysis

Author

Trent M. Taylor

Abstract

"This dissertation addresses in detail three main topics for advancing the state-of-the-art in hypersonic aerospace systems: 1) the development of a synergistic method based on entropy generation in order to analyze, evaluate, and optimize vehicle performance, 2) the development and analysis of innovative unconventional flow-control methods for increasing vehicle performance utilizing entropy generation as a fundamental descriptor and predictor of performance, and 3) an investigation of issues arising when evaluating (predicting) actual flight vehicle performance using ground test facilities"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Riggins, David W.

Committee Member(s)

Akers, Thomas D.
Pernicka, Hank
Homan, Kelly
McAdams, Daniel A.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor(s)

United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)
Langley Research Center
Air Force Research Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio)

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 2007

Pagination

xiv, 161 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160).

Rights

© 2007 Trent Matthew Taylor, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Aerodynamics, HypersonicAirplanes -- Scramjet engines -- CombustionEntropy

Thesis Number

T 9208

Print OCLC #

180878618

Recommended Citation

Taylor, Trent M., "On-board energy management for high-speed aerospace vehicles: system and component-level energy-based optimization and analysis" (2007). Doctoral Dissertations. 1734.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1734