OVERVIEW OF THE INTEGRATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL INWARD TURNING HYPERSONIC INLET AND WAVERIDER FOREBODY

The development of airbreathing hypersonic vehicles is one of the focuses in international competition for near space flight.The latest research of three-dimensional inward turning hypersonic inlet is presented, and some recent research results of the section-controllable internal waverider hypersonic inlet in IFRC of NUAA,China is proposed in detail.On the integration of hypersonic inlet and waverider forebody,typical jobs between rectangular two-dimensional and waverider airframe are reported and the integration of three-dimensional inward turning hypersonic inlet and waverider forebody is also elaborated.The future development trend is suggested for both the hypersonic inlet and airframe-propulsion integration,and a new concept of dual-waverider is finally proposed.