Integration methodology for waverider-derived hypersonic inlet and vehicle forebody

The dual waverider method for the integration of hypersonic inlet and waverider forebody is presented. The method connects the hypersonic internal waverider inlet and the waverider forebody by application of the osculating waverider theory. As an inverse design method, one should construct a three-dimensional shock wave surface that has continuous local curvature centers. In particular, the centers have to locate internally and externally away from the shock to obtain a proper integration configuration. Unlike most previous integration techniques, this approach jointly creates waverider lower surface and inward turning inlet configuration. As a result, the integratedcomponents become essential elements of a hypersonic vehicle design. Furthermore, detailed numerical simulations of several integration schemes demonstrate the feasibility and diversity of the new approach.