Advanced Hypersonic Test Facilities

From: Mechanical Engineering | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

Advanced Hypersonic Test Facilities. Edited by Frank K. Lu and Dan E. Marren. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc., 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191-4344. 639 pp. 2002. ISBN 1-56347-541-3. $99.95.

Recent interest in hypersonics has brought into focus once again the need for adequate ground test capabilities to aid in understanding the complex physical phenomena that accompany high-speed flight. Over the past decade, test facility enhancements have been drive...

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