Hypersonics | Chuck Easttom, Ph.D., D.Sc.

About This Resource

This website is meant as a general resrouce on hypersonic aerospace engineering and also contains information for a DoD hypersonics course I teach.

Note: this page is being updated regularly, you should check back from time to time. The lastest update date will always be displayed here 09/2/2026 I have also setup a GitHub repository with scripts related to aerospace engineering formulas. There is also a subpage that has numerous related calculators and simulators including an online rocket design simulator.

Selected U.S. government and NASA references

Teaching material and recommended aerospace texts

Course are available upon request for those with a specific need for those materials.

Missile Design and System Engineering (AIAA Education) by Fleeman — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics (Aiaa Education) by John Anderson — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Standard Handbook for Aerospace Engineers, Second Edition by Agrawal
Applied Computational Aerodynamics: A Modern Engineering Approach (Cambridge Aerospace Series Book 53) by Russell M. Cummings, William H. Mason, Scott A. Morton, David R. McDaniel — Cambridge University Press
Scramjet Propulsion: A Practical Introduction (Aerospace Series) by Dora Musielak — Wiley Press
Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering by Travis Taylor — CRC Press
Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics by TA Heppenheimer — Dover Publications

Simulation, CFD, flight, analysis, and mission-planning software

Industry, academic, materials, and educational references