This is the first of two videos which will conclude by discussing waveriders and other lifting body hypersonic vehicles. This first video reviews topics such as normal shocks and oblique shocks, as well as introduces the phenomenon of compression lift. A basic understanding of these topics is required to properly understand the weird and wonderful world of waveriders.

Hypersonic vehicles and waveriders have been a hot topic in the news recently, and I hope these videos will help demystify some of the aspects of how these vehicles operate.

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