hypersonic speed

collocation in English

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hypersonic
adjective
uk
/ˌhaɪ.pəˈsɒn.ɪk/us
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈsɑː.nɪk/
travelling, or designed to travel, more than five times faster than the speed ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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The vehicle is at over 200,000 feet (61 km) in altitude andhypersonicspeed.
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The first stage is then jettisoned and the vehicle re-enters the atmosphere athypersonicspeed.
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When the aircraft reacheshypersonicspeed, it uses the heating energy from air friction to increase the heat capacity of the fuel (reform the fuel).
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During descent, the orbiter passed through different layers of the atmosphere and decelerated fromhypersonicspeedprimarily by aerobraking.
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Some of the collapsing liner goes on to form a constantly stretching jet of material travelling athypersonicspeed.
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Most of the jet travels athypersonicspeed.
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However, at hypersonic speeds and therefore with high temperatures near the body, the assumption of equilibrium flow becomes questionable.
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While conventionally viewed as small metal shards moving at super-supersonic and hypersonic speeds, fragmentation can occur in epic proportions and travel for extensive distances.
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Air-breathing designs typically fly at supersonic or hypersonic speeds, and usually include a rocket engine for the final burn for orbit.
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This flight simulated a 654-mile (1053-kilometre) cross-range reentry, and banking at hypersonic speeds.
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For example, while the behavior of hypersonic flow is understood, building a scramjet aircraft to fly at hypersonic speeds has seen very limited success.
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At hypersonic speeds, during re-entry, the craft had a lift-to-drag ratio of 1.8 to 1, giving it ample maneuvering capability.
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When it comes to re-entry at hypersonic speeds, the properties of gases change dramatically.
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Both missions were designed to obtain data on panel flutter under high heating conditions and information of the vehicles' unsteady aerodynamics over a broad range of hypersonic speeds.
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