Relevant Links: Hypersonic Vehicle Physics, Modeling, Control, Data, Documentation, etc.

NASA

• Hypersonic Aerodynamics Index
• Fundamental Aeronautics Hypersonics Project Reference Document
• NASA Technical Reports Server
• NASA: Langley Hypersonic Air Breathing Propulsion Branch (HAPB)
• NASA:  HAPB current and recent projects (Hyper-X)
• NASA Scientific and Technical Information

NASA Media

• X-43 photos
• X-43 movies 
• X-43 graphics
• SOAREX
• Hyper-X, Langley
• Hypersonic Flight
• X-43 Overview with narration
• X-43 Successful Launch from B-52 movie

X-43

• X-43 NASA Main Page
• Boeing X-43C
• Dryden X-43 Fact Sheet
• X-43, paper, NASA, CFD
• Dryden – X-43 Hypersonic Research Aircraft
• Dryden Hyper-X Fact Sheet 
• X-43, Faster then the speed of sound
• X-43, Aerospace Technology
• Encyclopedia Astronautica: X-43
• Federation of American Scientists: X-43 Hyper-X Program
• Orbital, Hyper-X
• Wikipedia – Boeing X-43
• X-43, Air Attack.com
• Aerospace Guide.net X-34
• NASA, X-43A Hypersonic Vehicle Technology Development

X-51

• X-51, AFRL Newsletter, March 2006
• X-51, Global Security news

SOAREX

• NASA – SOAREX 
• NASA – SOAREX overview
• Goddard News Article
• Nasa Press Release 
• Aviation Week Paper
• Aviation Now Article

Waveriders

• Aerospaceweb
• Waverider
• University of Maryland publications
• Wikipedia – Waverider
• Application of Waveriders to Hypersonic Transport
• Global Security.org Article
• Challenges of Hypersonic Flight
• Starr Research: An Introduction to Waveriders
• Pratt and Whitney: Scramjet Flight Demonstrators
• Aerodynamic Characteristics, NASA
• Low Speed Waverider Control Evaluation
• Air Breathing Propulsions: Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics
• Waverider Analysis for NASA (103 pages)
• Viscous Interaction Effects on Hypersonic Waveriders: Jinwha Chang PhD Thesis (220 pages)
• Aerodynamic Characteristics of Two Waverider-Derived Hypersonic Cruise 

Hypersonic Modeling

General

• Hypersonic vehicle simulation model: Winged-cone configuration
• Ground effects on the low-speed aerodynamics of a powered, generic hypersonic configuration
• Integrated Aero-Propulsive CFD Methodology for the Hyper-X Flight Experiment 

Aerothermoelastic Effects

• Aerothermodynamics and Propulsion Integration for Hypersonic Vehicles
• Cranfield Hypersonic Links
• Modeling and Control of Aerothermoelastic Effects
• X-15 Research Results
• Dr. Rick Lind’s page (Dept. of Mech and Aero Eng., Univ. of Florida)
• Integrated Hypersonic Aerothermoelastic Methodology  
• A Flying Qualities Study of Longitudinal Long-Term Dynamics of Hypersonic Planes

Aeroelastic Effects

• Wavelet-Processed Flight Data for Robust Aeroservoelastic Stability Margins 
• Comparison of Aeroelastic Excitation Mechanisms

Hypersonic Vehicle Control

• LPV Modeling and Control of Structural Dynamics with Aerothermoelastic Effects
• Rick Lind’s Publications
• Flight Control Laws for NASA's Hyper-X Research Vehicle
• Research in robust control for hypersonic aircraft, Calise, NASA, 1994
• Research in robust control for hypersonic aircraft, Calise, NASA, 1993
• NASA, Guidance and flight control law development for hypersonic vehicles
• Research in robust control for hypersonic aircraft, Calise, NASA, 1992
• Advanced Aeroservoelastic Stabilization Techniques for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles (118 pages)
• Aeroservoelastic stabilization techniques for hypersonic flight vehicles
• A Generic Inner-Loop Control Law Structure for Six-Degree-of-Freedom Conceptual Aircraft Design
• Active control of aerothermoelastic effects for a conceptual hypersonic aircraft
• Static and dynamic aeroelastic characterization of an aerodynamically heated generic hypersonic aircraft configuration
• Hypersonic Vehicle Model and Control Law Development Using H sub infinity and mu Synthesis
• Fixed Order Robust Control Design for Hypersonic Vehicles
• Robust Control of Hypersonic Vehicles considering Propulsive and Aeroelastic Effects
• Investigation of Piloting Aids for Manual Control of Hypersonic Maneuvers
• Control Integration Concept for Hypersonic Cruise-Turn Maneuvers 
• Linear Programming for Aerospace Vehicle Control

Hypersonic Aircraft

• General Aerothermoelastic Control  
• Advanced hypersonic aircraft design
• Georgia Tech Flight Mechanics and Controls Publications 

Scramjets

• NASA Scramjet Propulsion
• Wikipedia – Scramjets
• Space Transport: The Scramjet and Hypersonic Flight
• The Ramjet/Scramjet Engine
• How Stuff Works – Hypersonic Planes
• Air Force Scramjet Milestone
• NASA, Scramjet Engine Flow Path Development for the Hyper-X Mach 10 Flight Test
• NASA, Hyper-X Mach 7 Scramjet Design, Ground Test and Flight Results

Propulsion

• Hypersonic Air breathing Propulsion Branch at Langley Research Center
• NASA: Research in Hypersonic Air breathing Propulsion at Langley  
• NASA Glenn Research Hypersonic Research Program
• Aerojet: Airbreathing Propulsion
• Science Daily: Hypersonic Propulsion
• Hydrocarbon Online: Scramject at Hypersonic Conditions
• IIT Air Breathing Propulsion
• Evaluation of an Ejector Ramjet Based Propulsion System for Air breathing Hypersonic Flight
• FIU, Aeronautical Research
• Eurek Alert: Propulsion Technology for Hypersonic Missile Applications
• Hyper-X Aerodynamics: The X-43A Airframe Integrated Scramjet Propulsion Flight Test Experiments
• StarRunner: A Single-Stage-to-Orbit, Air breathing, Hypersonic Propulsion System 
• AviationNet.com: Engine and Propulsion links
• NASA, Scramjet Development Tests Supporting the Mach 10 Flight of the X-43
• Hyper-X Engine Design and Ground Test Program
• Hypersonic Air breathing Propulsion---An Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, and Acoustics Competency White Paper

Aircraft Data

• Datcom

Modern Gain Scheduling

• Gain Scheduling Approach for a Flexible Aircraft
• Gain-Scheduled Control: Relaxing Slow Variation Requirements by Velocity-Based Design
• Gain-Scheduled Missile Autopilot Design Using Linear Parameter Varying Transformations
• MIT Aircraft Control Publications
• Scheduling Schemes for integrated flight and propulsion control system
• University of Cambridge Controls Publications

LPV Control Design

• Convex Modeling Techniques for Aircraft Control
• Robust Stability and Performance Analysis of a Longitudinal Aircraft Model Using Sum of Squares Techniques
• Quasi-LPV Representation of General Aircraft Dynamics Over Non-Trim Region
• A Robust Gain-Scheduling Example Using LPV Feedback
• Control of a Thrust Vectored Flying Wing: A Receding Horizon LPV Approach
• Parameter estimation of polytopic models for a linear parameter varying aircraft system

Adaptive Control

• Adaptive Model Inversion Flight Control for Tilt Rotor Aircraft
• Georgia Tech Publications on Adaptive Control
• Georgia Tech Papers, Adaptive Control Augmentation
• Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control – Digital Flight Control, Aircraft Model Identification, and Adaptive Engine Control  
• Aircraft control using nonlinear dynamic inversion in conjunction with adaptive robust control

Dynamic Inversion

• Reentry Flight Vehicle Controls Design Guidelines: Dynamic Inversion (118 pages)
• Autopilot Designs for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Dynamic Inversion Flight Control of a Micro Aerial Vehicle
• Dynamic Inversion Control of Flexible Aircraft

Generalized Predictice Control

• Model Predictive Control of Uncertain Constrained linear systems; LMI-based methods
• GPC Control of Aeroservoelastic Analytical Models

Fault Tolerance

• Introduction to Aircraft Fault Detection and Fault Tolerance
• Fault Accommodation in Control of Flexible Systems

System Identification

• System Identification Toolbox Users Guide
• Aeroelastic Flight Data Analysis
• Nonlinear Black-Box Modeling in System Identification
• Aeroelastic Prediction using System Identification

General

• Hobbyspace Hypersonics
• University of Queensland: Centre for Hypersonics
• Multi-National Agreement to Advance Hypersonic Flight - HiFIRE Program
(Dec 11, 2006)
• Boeing Secures Key Role in U.S.-Australian Hypersonic Research Program
(Jan 3, 2007)
• Australia-U.S. Collaboration Explores Hypersonic Flight
(Jan 23, 2007)
• Dr. Phil Drummond’s Page
• Wikipedia – Hypersonic
• Future Hypersonic Bomber
• Aerothermoelastic Testing
• VACA Papers