Annotation There have been impressive achievements in the last few years in the technologies associated with turboramjets and other combined cycle engines. These technologies, including their thermal management and integration with the vehicle, are the principal concerns of this volume. Drawing on the expertise of international engineers and researchers in the field of high-speed vehicle propulsion systems, these articles, written by experts from the United States, Russia, Germany, Japan, Belgium, and Israel, highlight developments in the industry.

Annotation Leading researchers provide a cohesive treatment of the complex issues in high-speed propulsion, as well as introductions to the current capabilities for addressing several fundamental aspects of high-speed vehicle propulsion development. Includes more than 380 references, 290 figures and tables, and 185 equations.

This set contains three previously published books: Scramjet Propulsion, Vol 189; Developments in High-Speed Vehicle Propulsion Systems, Vol 165; and High-Speed Flight Propulsion Systems, Vol 137.

The Final Proceedings for Advances in Propulsion Technology for High-Speed Aircraft, 12 March 2007-15 March 2007. The demand for supersonic vehicles is believed to boost in the incoming years. This VKI/RTO lecture series will review the current state of the art of high speed propulsion for both airplanes and space launchers. Hypersonic air-breathing vehicles technology benefits and challenges will be discussed, with particular attention to the recent hypersonic activities in the USA. Then recommendations for future technology development will be presented. A series of specific talks will address advanced engine technology cycles, pulsed detonation engines and turbine based cycles. A couple of lectures dedicated to rocket engines will discuss turbomachinery issues and recent developments on materials and the combustion chamber. Afterwards, ramjets. scram jets and dual mode operation will be examined. Dedicated sessions will present the experience acquired in recent years in developing advanced demonstrators in the USA, Russia, Australia and the European Union. In the light of existing environmental concerns, the program will be completed with specific sessions on noise generation from high-speed jets and chemical pollution. The requirements to implement a complete hydrogen technology will be analyzed based on the experience gained in the Cryoplane project. The Directors of this VKI/RTO Lecture Series are Prof. G. Paniagua of the von Karman Institute and Prof. J. Steelant of the European Space Agency ESTEC.

The authors of this text have written a comprehensive introduction to the modeling and optimization problems encountered when designing new propulsion systems for passenger cars. It is intended for persons interested in the analysis and optimization of vehicle propulsion systems. Its focus is on the control-oriented mathematical description of the physical processes and on the model-based optimization of the system structure and of the supervisory control algorithms.

Propulsion systems play an important role in civil and military applications. New designs, new materials, and new technologies have already been applied to propulsion systems to improve power and decrease energy consumption. This book focuses on the recent progress in propulsion system development for different applications in fields such as aerospace and marine industries, as well as for high-speed trains and other vehicles.