Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated hypersonic inlet design
- Patent Title (中): 集成超音速入口设计
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Application No.: US12575643Application Date: 2009-10-08
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Publication No.: US08256706B1Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Thomas R. Smith , Kevin G. Bowcutt
- Applicant: Thomas R. Smith , Kevin G. Bowcutt
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Toler Law Group
- Main IPC: B64D33/02
- IPC: B64D33/02

Abstract:
Methods, aircraft, and engine nacelles are disclosed. A wing leading edge of a planform is superimposed on a wing shockwave that extends in a first direction from a shockwave apex toward the wing leading edge. A waverider shape is streamline traced between the wing leading edge and a trailing edge of the planform to form a waverider wing. A position of an engine inlet vertex relative to the waverider wing is identified. An inlet shockwave is projected from the inlet vertex in a second direction generally opposed to the first direction. The inlet shockwave intersects the wing shockwave. An inlet leading edge of an engine inlet includes a lower leading edge including a plurality of points where the inlet shockwave intersects the wing shockwave.
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