DocumentCode
2569581
Title
Accelerating hypersonic airplanes with ground-power
Author
Oman, Henry
Author_Institution
Boeing Aerosp., Seattle, WA, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
6-11 Aug 1989
Firstpage
1131
Abstract
The possible benefits of using ground power to accelerate the hypersonic airplane on a launch ramp are quantified. A passenger-carrying hypersonic airplane leaving its loading ramp carries fuel for acceleration, cruise, and landing. A ramp for launching a 150-metric-ton vehicle to Mach 5 with 4 g acceleration would be 38-km long and require up to 10 GW of power. In the final second, 2.8 MWh of energy would be consumed along 1720 m of ramp. Possible scenarios and acceleration mechanisms are evaluated
Keywords
aircraft; propulsion; acceleration; cruise; ground power; landing; launch ramp; passenger-carrying hypersonic airplane; Acceleration; Aerodynamics; Airplanes; Airports; Fuels; Hydrogen; Kinetic energy; Noise level; Physics; Vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74610
Filename
74610
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