| Citation: | Qiao Hongyu, Deng Shuanghou, Gao Zhanhang, et al. Stage separation scheme design for tandem-configured hypersonic vehicle based on numerical virtual flight[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41（X）：20260108 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20260108
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Tandem hypersonic vehicles suffer from nonlinear multibody interference and attitude instability during booster separation, which seriously affect flight safety and reliability. Conventional separation simulation methods have difficulty in capturing this complex dynamic process accurately. A Numerical Virtual Flight method for tandem hypersonic vehicle stage separation was proposed, and an aerodynamics-motion-control coupled simulation platform was established. Different separation schemes were designed and evaluated at Mach 10 by considering the initial separation attitude, separation-mechanism actuation, and separation control strategy. The results showed that an initial angle of attack of 4° brought the two stages close to trim and improved the initial separation stability. Compared with free separation, the hydraulic strut separation mechanism increased the relative axial distance between the two stages by 0.49 m at 0.2 s and reduced the relative pitch angle by about 52%. The nonlinear dynamic inversion control system further improved attitude stability during separation; under high-gain control parameters, the pitch-angle fluctuation amplitude of the main stage was reduced by about 90% compared with the uncontrolled case. The final scheme satisfies the safe-separation criteria and provides reliable data support for two-stage separation scheme design.
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