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Criteria for evaluating the energy efficiency of heat addition upstream of the body in a supersonic gas flow are obtained. Based on the functional objectives of flying vehicles and the thermodynamic model of the process, estimates are obtained for missile‐ and aircraft‐type vehicles. The minimum Mach numbers at which heat addition upstream of the body is reasonable are evaluated. The increase in the flight range in the cruising regime for an aircraft‐type vehicle and on the active trajectory for a missile‐type vehicle is evaluated. Estimates for fuel economy in launching an aerospace plane into an Earth orbit are given. It is shown that a significant part of the fuel should be spent on producing energy for gas heating in order to obtain a noticeable effect. The minimum necessary “efficiency" of conversion of the fuel energy into the gas‐heating energy is evaluated.
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Latypov, A.F., Fomin, V.M. Evaluation of the energy efficiency of heat addition upstream of the body in a supersonic flow. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics 43, 59–62 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013958027148
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