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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Applicant:
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Jesse R. Maxwell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 30/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01); B64C 3/48 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 30/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/0009 (2013.01); B64C 3/48 (2013.01); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0045 (2013.01); B64C 2003/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of designing a hypersonic vehicle includes selecting a shock shape; tracing a leading edge along the shock shape; selecting a base plane defining endpoints of the leading edge and rearwardly displaced from a front of the leading edge; and tracing stream surfaces back from the leading edge along the shock to the base plane in order to define an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper and lower surfaces and base plane enclose a volume representing internal volume of the hypersonic vehicle. The lower stream surface is controllably morphable.