Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208744

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208744

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Minimizing hypersonic skin-friction by boundary-layer combustion. The high drag associated with hypersonic flight has been a major obstacle to development of hypersonic aircraft. It is generally accepted that half the drag of hypersonic vehicles will be caused by air friction on the aircraft's skin, due mainly to the turbulent boundary layer which forms on the skin. However, a new method of reducing skin friction, by injecting and burning fuel in the boundary layer, has been discovered. This project is aimed at investigating the range of conditions under which this method will be effective. By this boundary-layer "lubrication" much more efficient hypersonic flight will be possible.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $284,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aerodynamics | Aerospace Engineering | Satellite, Space Vehicle And Missile Design |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Air transport | Space transport

Other Keywords

Aerodynamics | Aerospace Engineering | Air transport | Satellite, Space Vehicle And Missile Design | Space transport

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