UDRI research in this area focuses on aerospace vehicles capable of sustained flight at hypersonic speeds. UDRI is currently conducting research and development in materials and structures for ...

A typical challenge for re-entry vehicles during flight is an effective control of hypersonic transition and the laminar/turbulent state of the boundary layer. The state of the boundary layer is of ...

The aerothermodynamic analysis and design activities carried out at our Institute are mainly concerned with research for current and future space transport vehicles. The Institute has been involved in ...

Hypersonic weapons ... Congress and the DoD should look more closely at maneuverable reentry vehicles (MaRVs) launched on traditional ballistic missiles as a possible alternative for overcoming ...

The rapid prediction of aerodynamic performance is critical in the conceptual and preliminary design of hypersonic vehicles.

UDRI performs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling of hypersonic flows in order to better guide the design process. CFD allows iteration and flexibility within a given design space, thus ...

To combat the problem materials called ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) are needed in aero-engines and hypersonic vehicles such as rockets, re-entry spacecraft and defence projectiles. But, at ...

Historically, this communications problem has been of subsidiary concern in hypersonic design as usually the more common re-entry vehicles will only undergo blackout for a relatively short timeframe, ...