+ NASA Home + Ames Home + Sitemap + Staff Directory +Home HIGH END SYSTEMS + Pleiades + Columbia + Schirra NAS DIVISION IMAGES X-51 Aerodynamics Two B-52 computational fluid dynamics cases are shown for work conducted for the X-51 vehice, scheduled for first flight in fall 2009. The X-51 vehicle is an Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency sponsored flight demonstrator of the first hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet engine: 1) Shows an OVERFLOW Navier-Stokes solution for the X-51 stack, 36 inches below the pylon at Mach = 0.8 drop condition; 2) Shows the Cart3D-generated Cp contours for the B-52 with the X-51 stack attached at Mach =0.8 flight condition. Credit: NASA Aeronautics Research MissionDirectorate, Principle Investigator, Todd Magee + Feedback + Site Help + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Certification Editor: Jill Dunbar Webmaster: Ryan Spaulding NASA Official: Rupak Biswas + Contact NAS Last Updated: August 20, 2009