MDO for Hypersonic Scramjet Vehicle Development (Invited)

Abstract

The work overviews design/analysis methodologies for rapid assessment and optimization of scramjet-powered vehicle configurations and associated multidisciplinary performance metrics with an Aero-Servo-Thermo-Propulso-Elastic (ASTPE) analysis. These methodologies facilitate conceptual-to-preliminary hypersonic vehicle design and optimization. The ASTPE approach is aimed at developing an expedient procedure to inject essential preliminary design requirements and/or feedbacks in early stages of conceptual design in order to consolidate the conceptual design feature for a scramjet powered vehicle. Current research thrusts and advanced practices are also addressed.