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Characterization and modelling

Characterization and modelling

The promise of hypersonic flight

03 Dec 2003

A hypersonic plane would reduce the time taken to travel between any two places on Earth to just two hours, but fighting the forces of friction is pushing aerodynamics to its limits

Figure 2
Orville Wright’s history-making flight carried him a little over 36 metres in the 12 seconds t

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Mark J Lewis is at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, US, e-mail lewis@eng.umd.edu
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