Kinetic heating of high speed missiles

Kinetic heating as related to high speed tactical missiles is reviewed. The aspects considered are the design problem, the prediction of heating in attached and separated flows, measurements on configurations in flight and in wind tunnels, ground simulation obtained of flows over models, and the measurement of kinetic heating. Experience is generally obtained from studies in related areas such as high speed aircraft, reentry vehicles, etc., rather than on tactical missiles since little information appears to be available on this application. Because of the wide coverage of the field, a list of references is provided as a guide to papers giving more refined details.