Knowledge Based Engineering framework for preliminary spaceplane design

The concept of a spaceplane, a launch system that is a combination of an airplane and a rocket, is one of the most promising concepts of sustainable access to space. Along its trajectory, it experiences most extreme conditions with frequently opposing design requirements, making it one of the most complicated challenges in aerospace engineering....

Re-entry vehicle aerodynamic database reconstruction from the analysis of test dynamics

During the design and analysis of a mission characterised by re-entry flight, consistent effort and resources are invested in the definition of the aerodynamic database of the re-entry vehicle. An aerodynamic database collects a set of dimensionless coefficients that describe the interaction of the vehicle's geometry and airflow, and an accurate...