ADVANCES IN THERMAL PROTECTION OF NEAR SPACE HYPERSONIC FLYING VEHICLES AND RELATED RESEARCHES OF THERMO-MECHANICAL COUPLING

This paper briefly summarizes the strategic value of the near space and the fierce competition in developing hypersonic vehicles over the world, and focuses on the development of the thermal protection system of hypersonic vehicles as well as related fundamental scientific problems, including the thermal protection principle, technique and thermo-mechanical coupling analysis.