Three Dimensional Supersonic Flow Past Blunt Bodies - Numerical Methods and Computations.

Abstract

Methods for computing numerically the flow past blunted bodies of revolution travelling at supersonic speeds and at angles of attack are developed, using finite difference schemes. Results are shown for a given configuration at two supersonic Mach Numbers for which circumferential pressure distribution is given as well as the lift slope coefficient. To achieve greater computational efficiency a different method was introduced - one based on mapping the body into a line (in the 2-D case) or a rectangle. This was tested so far on the axisymmetric case. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050335

Entities

People

  • Saul S. Abarbanel

Organizations

  • Tel Aviv University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blunt Bodies
  • Bodies
  • Bodies Of Revolution
  • Flow
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Supersonic Flow
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow