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University Consortium of Applied Hypersonics Seminar Series: Aerothermodynamics, Propulsion and Materials Challenges in Hypersonic Flight
July 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
Event participants will be limited to individuals who have submitted a request to participate in the consortium. To register your interest, please complete the “Request to Participate” form on the UCAH membership page.
Abstract
Dr. Eric Marineau, the program officer for hypersonics at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Aviation, Force Projection and Integrated Defense Department will present on the challenges in hypersonic flight. Specifically how high performance hypersonic offensive and defensive weapons require efficient aerodynamic designs with light-weight, durable control surfaces and leading edges capable of sustaining the extreme exposure during flight across a wide range of conditions. The Hypersonic Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer and Materials program aims to advance technologies enabling hypersonic and high-speed weapons as well as scientific knowledge for candidate Navy hypersonic systems such as the hypervelocity projectile (HVP), boost-glide weapons and air-breathing tactical missiles. Improvements in computational models and measurement techniques enable more aggressive designs that enhance lethality, survivability and range. Validated predictive multidisciplinary design tools that confidently reduce the allowable design margins enable high performance hypersonic and high-speed weapons.
RSVP by 5:00 pm on July 12, 2021.
Dr. Eric Marineau is currently the program officer for hypersonics at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Aviation, Force Projection and Integrated Defense Department where he manages fundamental research investment in hypersonic aerothermodynamics, high-speed propulsion and high-temperature materials. Dr. Marineau received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech and performed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology. As a senior research scientist at CUBRC, he developed a new high‐frequency‐response instrument to measure forces‐and‐moments on reentry capsules and hypersonic boost glide vehicles in the LENS facilities. For the TRMC/AFOSR funded Hypersonic Center of Testing Excellence, he led the development of advanced non‐intrusive diagnostics and performing experiments on large‐scale test articles to improve the understanding and modeling of hypersonic boundary‐layer transition, turbulent boundary‐layers, and shock‐wave/turbulent boundary‐layer interactions.
Joint Hypersonics Transition Office
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology