Note: The following list represents significant research by NASA and its predecessor, the NACA, in the field of transatmospheric flight. These references are readily available through the NASA Technical Reports Server. Its complete holdings include over half a million citations, of which some 90,000 show full text. Users can access it via http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp.
Contributions of Hypersonic Leaders:
H. Julian Allen, “Twenty-first Wright Brothers lecture: Hypersonic flight and the re-entry problem,” NASA TM-108690, 1957.
H. Julian Allen and Stanford E. Neice, “Problems of performance and heating of hypersonic vehicles,” NASA RM-A55L15, 1956.
H. Julian Allen and Murray Toback, “Dynamic stability of vehicles traversing ascending or descending paths through the atmosphere,” NASA TN-4275, 1958.
John V. Becker and Peter F. Korycinski, “Heat transfer and pressure distribution at a Mach number of 6.8 on bodies with conical flares and extensive flow separation,” NASA RM-L56F22, 1956.
Alfred J. Eggers, H. Julian Allen, and Stanford E. Neice, “A comparative analysis of the performance of long-range hypervelocity vehicles.” NASA TR-1382, 1958.
Maxime A. Faget and H. Rudolph Dettwyler, “Initial flight investigations of a twin-engine supersonic ramjet,” NASA RM-L50H10, 1950.
Maxime A. Faget and O.G. Smith, “Potential improvements to the Shuttle through evolution,” AIAA Paper 93-2417, 1993.
Reentry:
R.A. Allen, J.C. Camm, and P.H. Rose, “Nonequilibrium and equilibrium radiation at super-satellite re-entry velocities,” NASA CR-51743, 1962.
Kim S. Bey, Robert C. Scott, Robert E. Bartels, William A. Waters, and Roger Chen, “Analysis of the Shuttle Tile Overlay repair concept,” NASA TM-2007-214857, 2007.
G. Bedjai, R.C. Brumfield, S. Demetriades, P.D. Lenn, and D.L. Ward, “Design and performance study on a 500 kilowatt linear crossed-field air-plasma accelerator for a re-entry facility,” NASA CR-58543, 1964.
H.R. Bredfeldt and W.E. Scharfman, “Use of the Langmuir probe to determine the electron density and temperature surrounding re-entry vehicles,” NASA CR-66275, 1966.
A.E. Bryson, Jr., and J.L. Speyer, “A neighboring optimum feedback control scheme based on estimated time-to-go with application to re-entry flight paths,” NASA CR-87501, 1967.
D.L. Compton, B.J. Short, and S.C. Sommer, “Free-flight measurements of static and dynamic stability models of the Project Mercury re-entry capsule at Mach numbers 3 and 9.5,” NASA TM-X-373, 1960.
R. Hermann, “Hypersonic aerodynamic problems at re-entry of space vehicles,” NASA CR-69486, 1965.
E.J. Hopkins and A.D. Levin, “Reentry glide maneuvers for recovery of a winged first-stage rocket booster,” NASA TN-D-1295, 1962.
P.O. Jarvinen, “On the use of magnetohydrodynamics during high speed re-entry,” NASA CR-206, 1965.
E. Kaplan and F.D. Linzer, “Considerations in design of calorimeters for the Project Fire superorbital re-entry test vehicle,” NASA CR-52196, 1963.
G.C. Kenyon, “The lateral and directional aerodynamic characteristics of a re-entry configuration based on a blunt 13 deg half-cone at Mach numbers to 0.90,” NASA TM-X-583, 196l.
G.C. Kenyon and F.B. Sutton, “The longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a re-entry configuration based on a blunt 13 deg half-cone at Mach numbers to 0.92,” NASA TM-X-571, 1961.
A.L. Laganelli, “Analysis of flight test transition and turbulent heating data. Part 2: Turbulent heating results,” NASA CR-130251, 1972.
R. Lehnert and B. Rosenbaum, “Plasma effects on Apollo re-entry communication,” NASA TN-D-2732, 1965.
A. Martellucci, B.L. Maguire, and R.S. Neff, “Analysis of flight test transition and turbulent heating data. Part l: Boundary layer transition results,” NASA CR-129045, 1972.
R.B. Miles, D.A. Santavicca, and M. Zimmermann, “Evaluation of non-intrusive flow measurement techniques for a re-entry flight experiment,” NASA CR-172142, 1983.
A.B. Miller, “Pilot re-entry guidance and control,” NASA CR-331, 1965.
C.T. Swift, “Radiation from slotted-cylinder antennas in a re-entry plasma environment,” NASA TN-D-2187, 1964.
F.J. Tischer, “A rough estimate of the ‘blackout’ time in re-entry communications,” NASA TM-X-55059, 1962.
F.J. Tischer, “Attenuation in re-entry communications plans office,” TM-X-51027, NASA 1963.
X-15:
E.H. Andrews, Jr., and R.C. Rogers, “Study of underexpanded exhaust jets of an X-15 airplane model and attached ramjet engine simulator at Mach 6.86,” NASA TM-X-1571, 1968.
R.G. Bailey, “High total temperature sensing probe for the X-15 hypersonic aircraft,” NASA CR-116772, 1968.
R.D. Banner, A.E. Kuhl, and R.D. Quinn, “Preliminary results of aerodynamic heating studies on the X-15 airplane,” NASA TM-X-638, 1962.
C. Barret, “Review of our national heritage of launch vehicles using aerodynamic surfaces and current use of these by other nations,” NASA TP-3615, 1996.
S.R. Bland and L.S. Young, “Transonic flutter investigation of models of the X-15 airplane horizontal tail,” NASA TM-X-447, 1961.
R.K. Bogue and L.D. Webb, “Advanced air data sensing techniques,” NASA TM-X-61115, 1968.
W.G. Cockayne, “Description of an energy management system for the X – 15,” NASA CR-96006, 1968.
W.R. Deazley, “A study of two proposed stabilization techniques for the X-15 horizontal surface control system,” NASA CR-95955, 1961.
R.W. Dunning, “The control characteristics of two preliminary models of the X-15 research airplane at Mach numbers of 2.98 and 4.01,” NASA TM-X-212, 1960.
D.E. Fetterman, Jr., and J.A. Penland, “Static longitudinal, directional, and lateral stability and control data at a Mach number of 6.83 on the final configuration of the X-15 research airplane,” NASA TM-X-236, 1960.
G.M. Goranson, “Test of a North American X-15 research-vehicle model in the JPL 21-inch hypersonic wind tunnel,” NASA CR-53710, 1963.
K.S. Green and T.W. Putnam, “Measurements of sonic booms generated by an airplane flying at Mach 3.5 and 4.8,” NASA TM-X-3126, 1974.
E.C. Holleman. M.O. Thompson, and J. Weil, “An assessment of lifting reentry flight control requirements during abort, terminal glide, and approach and landing situations,” NASA TM-X-59119, 1967.
E.J. Montoya and M. Palitz, “Wind-tunnel investigation of the flow field beneath the fuselage of the X-15 airplane at Mach numbers from 4 to 8,” NASA TM-X-1469, 1967.
A.B. Price, “Full scale test report, X-15A-2 ablative thermal protection system,” NASA CR-82004, 1968.
A.B. Price, “Thermal protection system X-15A-2. Design report,” NASA CR-82003, 1968.
“Progress of the X-15 research airplane program,” NASA SP-90, 1965.
W.J. Sefic, “Friction characteristic of steel skids equipped with skegs on a lakebed surface,” NASA TM-81347, 1979.
M.O. Thompson, “General review of piloting problems encountered during simulation and flights of the X-15,” NASA TM-X-56884, 1964.
L.S. Young, “Transonic flutter investigation of models of proposed horizontal tails for the X-15 airplane,” NASA TM-X-442, 1961.
Hot Structures, X-20 Dyna-Soar:
Bianca Trujillo Anderson, Robert R. Meyer, Jr., and Harry R. Chiles, “Techniques used in the F-14 variable-sweep transition flight experiment,” NASA TM-100444, 1988.
R.P. Bielat, “Transonic aerodynamic characteristics of the Dyna-Soar glider and Titan 3 launch vehicle configuration with various fin arrangements,” NASA TM-X-809, 1963.
C.W. Boquist, “Graphite-metal composites,” NASA CR-74308, 1965.
D.A. Buell and G.B. McCullough, “The wind-induced loads on a dynamically scaled model of the Dyna Soar glider and Titan 2 booster in launch position,” NASA TM-X-659, 1962.
Victor A. Canacci and Jose C. Gonsalez, “Flow quality measurements in an aerodynamic model of NASA Lewis’ Icing Research Tunnel,” NASA CR-1999-202353, 1999.
A.J. Chellman, “Development of powder metallurgy 2XXX series Al alloy plate and sheet materials for high temperature aircraft structural applications,” NASA CR-172521, 1985.
Kim K. deGroh, Donald A. Jaworske, and Daniela C. Smith, “Optical property enhancement and durability evaluation of heat receiver aperture shield materials,” NASA TM-1998-206623, 1998.
H.L. Giles and J.W. Thomas, “Analysis of hypersonic pressure and heat transfer tests on a flat plate with a flap and a delta wing with body, elevons, fins, and rudders,” NASA CR-536, 1966.
A.M. Hall, A.F. Hoenie, and C.J. Slunder, “Thermal and mechanical treatment for precipitation-hardening stainless steels,” NASA SP-5089, 1967.
A.N. Hammer, G.C. Aigret, T.P. Psichogios, and C. Rodgers, “Fabrication of cooled radial turbine rotor,” NASA CR-179503, 1986.
A.K. Hepler and A.R. Swegle, “Design and fabrication of brazed Rene 41 honeycomb sandwich structural panels for advanced space transportation systems,” NASA CR-165801, 1981.
L.S. Jernell and C.D. Babb, “Effect of booster fins on static stability characteristics of a 0.02 scale model of the Titan 3 launch vehicle with the Dyna-Soar glider and a bulbous nose at Mach numbers from l.60 to 3.50,” NASA TM-X-885, 1963.
M.H. Leipold and C.M. Kapadia, “The role of anions in mechanical failure,” NASA CR-121937, 1971.
D.L. McDaniels and R.A. Signorelli, “Evaluation of low-cost aluminum composites for aircraft engine structural applications,” NASA TM-83357, 1983.
M.O. McKinney and J. Scheiman, “Evaluation of turbulence reduction devices for the Langley 8-foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel,” NASA TM-81792, 1981.
Shouichi Ochiai, Nanabu Ueno, and Samu Noguchi, “Martensitic transformation and microstructures in sintered NiAl alloys,” NASA TT-20192, 1988.
J. Scheiman, “Considerations for the installation of honeycomb and screens to reduce wind-tunnel turbulence,” NASA TM-81868, 1981.
R.E. Shanks and G.N. Ware, “Investigation of the flight characteristics of a 1/5-scale model of a Dyna-Soar glider configuration at low subsonic speeds,” NASA TM-X-683, 1962.
A. Tsuge, “Grain boundary engineering of mechanical strength of silicon nitride (Si3N4),” NASA TM-77433, 1984.
S. Yajima, M. Omori, J. Hayashi, H. Kayano, and M. Hamano, “Process for the production of metal nitride sintered bodies and resultant silicon nitride and aluminum nitride sintered bodies,” NASA TM-77253, 1983.
Shuttle Tiles:
P.J. Bobbitt, C.L.W. Edwards, and R.W. Barnwell, “Simulation of time-varying loads on arrays of Shuttle tiles in a large transonic tunnel,” NASA TM-84529, 1982.
O.L. Flowers and D.A. Stewart, “Catalytic surface effects on contaminated Space Shuttle tile in a dissociated nitrogen stream,” NASA TM-86770, 1985.
G.L. Giles, “Substructure procedure for including the flexibility in stress analysis of Shuttle thermal protection system,” NASA TM-81864, 1980.
G.L. Giles and M. Wallas, “Computer program for nonlinear static stress analysis of Shuttle thermal protection system: User’s manual,” NASA TM-81856, 198l.
G.L. Giles and M. Vallas, “Use of an engineering data management system in the analysis of Space Shuttle orbiter tiles,” NASA TM-83215, 1981.
L.R. Hunt, “Aerodynamic heating in large cavities in an array of RSI tiles,” NASA TN-D-8400, 1977.
Gregory N. Katnick, “Debris/ice/TPS assessment and integrated photographic analysis on Shuttle Mission STS-89,” NASA TM-1998-207684, 1998.
Anita Macdonald and Paul Friederich, “Millimeter wave dielectric measurements of Space Shuttle tiles,” NASA CR-187473, 1990.
J. Marroquin and R.R. Burrows, “Results of wind tunnel test OA253 in the AEDC 16-T propulsion wind tunnel using a 0.035 scale Space Shuttle launch vehicle model 84-OTS and entry vehicle model 84-O,” NASA CR-167369, 1982.
B.A. Marshall, “Space Shuttle AFRSI full-scale credibility test in the NASA Ames Research Center 11 x 11 foot wind tunnel using model 124-0 installed in the 96-0 test fixture,” NASA CR-167651, 1982.
A.B. Mattson and C.J. Schwindt, “FTIR instrument to monitor vapors from Shuttle tile waterproofing materials,” NASA CR-199959, 1995.
R. Miserentino, L.D. Pinson, and S.A. Leadbetter, “Some Space Shuttle tile/strain-isolator-pad sinusoidal vibration tests,” NASA TM-81853, 1980.
Timothy R. Moes and Robert R. Meyer, Jr., “In-flight investigation of Shuttle tile pressure orifice installations,” NASA TM-4219, 1990.
G.J. Neuner and C.B. Delano, “Development of an improved coating for polybenzimidazole foam,” NASA CR-2697, 1976.
A.P. Shore and R. Garcia, “Effects of substate deformation and SIP thickness on tile/SIP interface stresses for Shuttle thermal protection,” NASA TM-81855, 1980.
A.A. Stewart, M. Cuellar, and O. Flowers, “Performance of an ablator for Space Shuttle in-orbit repair in an arc-plasma airstream,” NASA TP-2150, 1983.
S.S. Tompkins, W.D. Brewer, R.K. Clark, C.M. Pittman, and K.L. Brinkley, “An assessment of the readiness of ablative materials for preflight application to the Shuttle orbiter,” NASA TM-81823, 1980.
W.L. Wells and J. Hudgins, “Experimental assessment of a computer program used in Space Shuttle orbiter entry heating analysis,” NASA TM-84572, 1983.
A.J. Zuckerwar and D.R. Sprinkle, “Proposed dynamic phase difference method for the detection of tile debonding from the Space Shuttle orbiter,” NASA TM-83140, 1981.
X-30 National Aerospace Plane, Scramjet:
A. Abtahi and P. Dean, “Heat flux sensor research and development. The cool film calorimeter,” NASA CR-189789, 1990.
E.H. Andrews, Jr., et al., “Langley Mach 4 Scramjet Test Facility,” NASA TM-86277, 1985
Steven L. Baughcum and Stephen C. Henderson, “Aircraft emission scenarios projected in the year 2015 for the NASA Technology Concept Aircraft (TCA) High Speed Civil Transport,” NASA CR-1998-207635, 1998.
Edwin C. Cady, “Slush hydrogen technology program,” NASA CR-195353, 1994.
J.A. Cerro, et al., “A study of facilities and fixtures for testing of a high speed civil transport wing component,” NASA CR-198352, 1996.
R. Edelman, “Diffusion controlled combustion for scramjet applications,” NASA CR-66363, 1965.
J.C. Evvard, “The scramjet,” NASA TM-X-56755, 1965.
Roger A. Fields, W. Lance Richards, and Michael V. DeAngelis, “Combined loads test fixture for thermal-structural testing aerospace vehicle panel concepts,” NASA TM-2005-212039, 2004.
R.W. Guy, et al., “Operating Characteristics of the Langley Mach 7 Scramjet Test Facility,” NASA TM-81929, 1981.
Terry L. Hardy, “FLUSH: a tool for the design of slush hydrogen flow systems,” NASA TM-102467, 1990.
Scott D. Holland, “Computational parametric study of sidewall-compression scramjet inlet performance at Mach 10,” NASA TM-4411, 1993.
Marvin Kussoy, George Huang, and Florian Menter, “”Hypersonic flows as related to the National Aerospace Plane,” NASA CR-199365, 1995.
Unmeel B. Mehta, “The Aerospace Plane design challenge: Credible computational fluid dynamic results,” NASA TM-102887, 1990.
“National Aero-Space Plane,” NASA TM-109450, 1990.
“National Aerospace Plane thermal development. (Latest citations from the Aerospace Database)” NASA TM-97-113072, 1997.
Surya N. Patniak, James D. Guptill, Dale A. Hopkins, and Thomas M. Lavelle, “Neural network and regression approximations in high speed civil transport aircraft design optimization,” NASA TM-1998-206316, 1998.
Terrill W. Putnam and Theodore G. Ayers, “Flight research and testing,” NASA TM-100439, 1988.
Rodney H. Ricketts, Thomas E. Noll, and Lawrence J. Huttsell, “An overview of aeroelasticity studies for the National Aerospace Plane,” NASA TM-107728, 1993.
William C. Rose, “Numerical investigations in three-dimensional internal flows,” NASA CR-183108, 1988.
“Shuttle to Space Station. Heart assist implant. Hubble update. X-30 mock-up,” NASA TM-110837, 1992.
J.C. Tannehill and G. Wadawadigi, “Development of a 3-D upwind PNS code for chemically reacting hypersonic flowfields,” NASA CR-190182, 1992.
S.R. Thomas and R.W. Guy, “Expanded Operational Capabilities of the Langley Mach 7 Scramjet Test Facility,” NASA TP-2186, 1983.
M.E. Tuttle and J. Rogacki, “Thermoviscoplastic response of Ti-15-3 under various loading conditions,” NASA CR-187621, 1991.
D.W. Witte, et al., “1998 Calibration of the Mach 4.7 and Mach 6 Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility Nozzles,” NASA TM-2004-213250, 2004.
X-43 Hyper-X:
“2000–2001 Research Engineering Annual Report,” NASA TM-2004-212025, 2004.
Ethan Baumann, Catherine Bahm, Brian Strovers, Roger Beck, and Michael Richard, “The X-43A six degree of freedom Monte Carlo analysis,” NASA TM-2007-214630, 2007.
Scott A. Berry, Michael DiFulvio, and Matthew K. Kowalkowski, “Forced Boundary-Layer Transition on X-43 (Hyper-X) in NASA LaRC 20-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel,” NASA TM-2000-210316.
Scott A. Berry, Michael DiFulvio, and Matthew K. Kowalkowski, “Forced Boundary-Layer Transition on X-43 (Hyper-X) in NASA LaRC 31-Inch Mach 6 Air Tunnel,” NASA TM-2000-210315.
Edward H. Glaessgen, et al., “X-43A rudder spindle fatigue life estimate and testing,” NASA TM-2005-213525, 2005.
William L. Ko and Leslie Gong, “Thermoelastic analysis of Hyper-X camera windows suddenly exposed to Mach 7 stagnation aerothermal shock,” NASA TP-2000-209030, 2000.
J.A. Lee and P.S. Chen, “Aluminum-scandium alloys: material characterization, friction stir welding, and compatibility with hydrogen peroxide,” NASA TM-2004-213604, 2004.
Jessica Lux-Baumann, Ray Dees, and David Fratello, “Control room training for the Hyper-X project utilizing aircraft simulation,” NASA TM-2006-213685, 2006.
Chan-gi Pak, “Aeroservoelastic stability analysis of the X-43A stack,” NASA TM-2008-214365, 2008.
Matthew Redif, Yohan Lin, Courtney Amos Besssent, and Carole Barklow, “The Hyper-X flight systems validation program,” NASA TM-2007-214620, 2007.
Karla S. Shy, Jacob J. Hageman, and Jeanette H. Le, “The aircraft simulation role in improving safety through control room training,” NASA TM-2002-210731, 2002.