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Supersonic flow simulation for a boat-tailed heat shield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Sharad C. Purohit
Sharad C. Purohit*
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics Division, Flight Dynamics Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, India
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Summary

For a 15° boat-tailed heat shield or payload shroud, the unsteady, compressible Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved. For a Reynolds number of the order of one million and for four different freestream Mach numbers, the time integration is performed for 64 x 30 grid computational domain. The entire flow-field is analysed to delineate the gross dominant characteristics. It is observed that the flow in the boat-tail region is completely attached for Mach number 2·47 and beyond whereas it is separated for lower Mach numbers. A comparison between the numerical solutions and the available experimental results is provided and, for incipient flow separation conditions, an evaluation of unsteady surface pressure data is presented.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 91 , Issue 904 , April 1987 , pp. 183 - 189
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1987 

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