# 1: Vehicle Configuration Compendium

Project ID: 1
Team Members: Stenila Simon, Samuel Atchison
Faculty Advisor(s): Bernd Chudoba
Department: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Project Type: Graduate
Title: Vehicle Configuration Compendium
Abstract: There exists a need in the world of hypersonic vehicle design to easily access and reference past project data in order to avoid pursuing redundant errors or to keep designers better informed of the findings from generations past and make them better equipped to do efficient vehicle design. This paper presents a solution formulated by the members of UTA's Aerospace Vehicle Design Laboratory. The solution presented is a comprehensive compendium of past hypersonic vehicles, called the Vehicle Configuration Compendium. Seven hypersonic vehicles have been processed into the compendium of gathered information, using a carefully formulated data and knowledge compilation and review process. This data is in the process of being incorporated into a user-friendly software interface that will in the future encourage designers and design enthusiasts of all experience or proficiency levels to consider various vehicle configurations and forecast any new vehicle design performances by consulting past projects.
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