Chinese Hypersonic Developments (HGVs/HCMs)

(Continued from last post...)

An academic paper on air flow management for a combined turbofan/rotating detonation engine.

Some of those planforms resemble those in an earlier academic paper that many believe is related to the H-20 development program.

A review on research progress of large area thermal protection structures for hypersonic vehicles

An academic paper on a conceptual design for a hypersonic ISR vehicle: TBCC propulsion, waverider body, Mach 6, 7000km range.

Clustering investigation of scramjet combustion processes based on contrastive learning

Some illustrations from a paper that I don't have access to. They show a morphing nose cone design for a hypersonic spaceplane or missile. The nosecone would change shape to improve airframe efficiency and performance (i.e. increase lift, reduce drag, etc.) at different flight regimes.

An academic paper that proposes a novel design for a hypersonic vehicle. The vehicle has two intakes, one for 'low-to-medium' speeds (up to Mach 5), and the other is optimized for high-speed (up to Mach 7). Depending on speed, one intake will shut off and the other is opened. Interestingly, the aircraft will rotate 180° to ensure the active/open intake will always be on the underside of the fuselage.