Course materials are available < here >.
If you have not received access information, please contact Lara Hawthorne.

Dates: February 26-28, 2008
Location: NIA, 100 Exploration Way, Hampton, Virginia or by web conference

A 3-day short course on Hypersonics Structures and Materials will be held at the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, Virginia, February 26-28, 2008. The course will begin by explaining the key role of materials and structures in hypersonic vehicles.  The lectures will then focus on airframe systems (tanks, thermal protection systems, and control surfaces) to help the audience understand the uses and technical challenges of various materials utilized in hypersonic vehicles.  After a brief discussion on fuel tanks and their integration with vehicles, the focus will shift to TPS, control surfaces, and active cooling.  This will begin with a discussion of design loads, followed by the effect of aerodynamic heating on structures, and thermal management options.  After this general introduction to hypersonic vehicle structural design, a detailed discussion will be presented on the challenges and approaches to metallic vehicles, with M < 6.  Above M ~ 6, ceramics are the preferred material options.  A discussion of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), their design considerations, and use in leading edges, acreage TPS, and control surfaces, will then be presented.  Seals, high temperature testing, instrumentation, and modeling and simulation will also be discussed.

The lectures will be presented by well-known instructors:  Anthony Calomino, NASA Glenn Research Center; Don Curry, NASA Johnson Space Center, retired; Fred Ferguson, North Carolina A&T University; David E. Glass, NASA Langley Research Center; Brett Hauber, Air Force Research Laboratory; Eric Hoffman, NASA Langley Research Center; Larry Hudson, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; Tod Palm, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Anthony Piazza, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; Bruce Steinetz, NASA Glenn Research Center; Brian Sullivan, Materials Research & Design, Inc.; Brian Zuchowski, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Comp.

All course notes from the lecture materials will be available to attendees and faculty for use in developing academic courses in hypersonics.

For those unable to attend the short course in person, the presentations will be broadcast through web collaboration/conferencing.

The course will run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. A list of the main topics appears below and click < here > for a more detailed outline.

Tuesday, February 26

1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals
3. Heat Transfer
4. Thermoelasticity
5. Thermal Stress
6. Fatigue
7. Fracture
8. Tanks
9. Vehicle/Tank Integration
10. Composites
11. TPS/Tank Integration

Wednesday, February 27

1. Modeling & Simulation
2. Shuttle Orbiter Leading Edges & TPS
3. Reentry Ablators
4. TPS & Hot Structures for Air breathing Hypersonics
5. Design Loads
6. Thermal Management Options
7. Metallic Designs & Materials
8. Ceramic Designs & Materials
9. Design Methodology

Thursday, February 28

1. Thermal Protection
2. Leading Edges
3. Acreage/Aeroshell
4. Control Surfaces
5. Design Options & Seals
6. Actively Cooled Propulsion Structures
7. Historical Prospective
8. Design Issues
9. Fabrication & Testing - Seals
10. Testing – Arc-jet
11. Thermal/Mechanical Testing
12. Instrumentation

Registration: Closed.

This short course will also be available by web collaboration/web conference. To receive details regarding the web conference, please email lara.hawthorne@nianet.org with your name, affiliation, and email address. (A registration fee will not be collected for those participating via web conference.)

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