Computation of Supersonic Flow over Flying Configurations


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Computation of Supersonic Flow over Flying Configurations is a high-level aerospace reference book that will be useful for undergraduate and graduate students of engineering, applied mathematics and physics. The author provides solutions for three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes layer subsonic and supersonic flows. - Computational work and experimental results show the real-world application of computational results - Easy computation and visualization of inviscid and viscous aerodynamic characteristics of flying configurations - Includes a fully optimized and integrated design for a proposed supersonic transport aircraft







Supersonic Flow Computations for an Astovl Aircraft Configuration, Phase 2


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A unified space/time marching method was used to solve the Euler and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations for supersonic flow past an Advanced Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) aircraft configuration. Lift and drag values obtained from the computations compare well with wind tunnel measurements. The entire calculation procedure is described starting from the geometry to final postprocessing for lift and drag. The intermediate steps include conversion from IGES to the patch specification needed for the CFD code, grid generation, and solution procedure. The calculations demonstrate the capability of the method used to accurately predict design parameters such as lift and drag for very complex aircraft configurations. Ramakrishnan, Sekaripuram V. and Chakravarthy, Sukumar R. and Szema, Kuo-Yen Unspecified Center NAS1-17492; RTOP 505-60-01-02...










High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics


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The aerodynamics of aircraft at high angles of attack is a subject which is being pursued diligently, because the modern agile fighter aircraft and many of the current generation of missiles must perform well at very high incidence, near and beyond stall. However, a comprehensive presentation of the methods and results applicable to the studies of the complex aerodynamics at high angle of attack has not been covered in monographs or textbooks. This book is not the usual textbook in that it goes beyond just presenting the basic theoretical and experimental know-how, since it contains reference material to practical calculation methods and technical and experimental results which can be useful to the practicing aerospace engineers and scientists. It can certainly be used as a text and reference book for graduate courses on subjects related to high angles of attack aerodynamics and for topics related to three-dimensional separation in viscous flow courses. In addition, the book is addressed to the aerodynamicist interested in a comprehensive reference to methods of analysis and computations of high angle of attack flow phenomena and is written for the aerospace scientist and engineer who is familiar with the basic concepts of viscous and inviscid flows and with computational methods used in fluid dynamics.




The Calculation of Pressure on Slender Airplanes in Subsonic and Supersonic Flow


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Under the assumption that a wing, body, or wing-body combination is slender or flying at near sonic velocity, expressions are given which permit the calculation of pressure in the immediate vicinity of the configuration. The disturbance field, in both subsonic and supersonic flight, is shown to consist of two-dimensional disturbance fields extending laterally and a longitudinal field that depends on the streamwise growith of cross-sectional area. A discussioin is also given of couplings, between lifting and thickness effects, that necessarily arise as a result of the quadratic dependence of pressure on the induced velocity components.







Thin-Layer and Full Navier-Stokes Calculations for Turbulent Supersonic Flow Over a Cone at an Angle of Attack


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The proper use of a computational fluid dynamics code requires a good understanding of the particular code being applied. In this report the application of CFL3D, a thin-layer Navier-Stokes code, is compared with the results obtained from PARC3D, a full Navier-Stokes code. In order to gain an understanding of the use of this code, a simple problem was chosen in which several key features of the code could be exercised. The problem chosen is a cone in supersonic flow at an angle of attack. The issues of grid resolution, grid blocking, and multigridding with CFL3D are explored. The use of multigridding resulted in a significant reduction in the computational time required to solve the problem. Solutions obtained are compared with the results using the full Navier-Stokes equations solver PARC3D. The results obtained with the CFL3D code compared well with the PARC3D solutions. Smith, Crawford F. and Podleski, Steve D. Unspecified Center COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; CONICAL FLOW; MULTIGRID METHODS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; SUPERSONIC FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; ANGLE OF ATTACK; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONICAL BODIES; FOREBODIES; PROGRAM VERIFICATION (COMPUTERS); STATIC PRESSURE...