This text presents recent research and development in aerothermodynamics, advanced light metals and composites, thermal structures, materials performance and failure criteria, and intelligent processing of materials, as they relate to high-speed flight. Researchers and designers of aerospace vehicles for high-speed flight, as well as materials scientists, should find this text valuable.

Presenting recent advances in technology for high-temperature structures and materials, this book should be of interest to engineers and material scientists working on advanced aeronautics and astronautics projects that involve elevated temperatures. Other topics dicussed include high-speed flight in the atmosphere, propulsion systems, and orbiting spacecraft.

This collection presents 49 contributions by engineers, architects, biologists, and applied mathematicians interested in deployable structures. Aerospace structures are currently at the leading edge, and this is reflected by a larger number of contributions covering the full spectrum of concepts, simulations, testing, and working systems.

The simultaneous operation of all systems generating, moving, or removing heat on an aircraft is simulated using integrated analysis which is called Integrated Energy System Analysis (IESA) for this book. Its purpose is to understand, optimize, and validate more efficient system architectures for removing or harvesting the increasing amounts of waste heat generated in commercial and military aircraft. In the commercial aircraft industry IESA is driven by the desire to minimize airplane operating costs associated with increased system weight, power consumption, drag, and lost revenue as cargo space is devoted to expanded cooling systems. In military aircraft thermal IESA is also considered to be a key enabler for the successful implementation of the next generation jet fighter weapons systems and countermeasures. This book contains a selection of papers relevant to aircraft thermal management IESA published by SAE International. They cover both recently developed government and industry- funded thermal management IESA such as the Integrated Vehicle Energy Technology (INVENT) program, and older published papers still relevant today which address modeling approaches.