Numerical Simulation of Nozzle Flows.

Abstract

A three-dimensional grid generation code implementing the multisurface technique is developed with major emphasis on the use of color computer graphics. A precise control method is employed to permit grid point control. A significant departure from existing approaches is the extension of user interaction to all phases of grid generation. This facilitates easy and rapid developments of grids especially for 3-D applications. The code is employed to generate grids for a 3-D axisymmetric nozzle and an aircraft type section. The flow is a non-axisymmetric nozzle is computed under the assumptions of horizontal and vertical symmetry. The Mach number of external flow is 1.2. The results are validated by comparison with experiment. Overall good agreement is observed with static pressure comparisons. Preliminary flow analysis indicates the existence of a number of interesting flow structures including shocks, pressure wave systems and regions of flow separation. Keywords: Exhaust nozzles, Nozzle gas flow, Tranosonic flight, Interactive graphics, Three dimensional flow, Jet aircraft, Viscous-inviscid interactions, Computational fluid dynamics, Navier-stokes equations, Turbulence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 18, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195144

Entities

People

  • Datta V. Gaitonde
  • Doyle D. Knight

Organizations

  • Rutgers University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Interactive Graphics
  • Mach Number
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Static Pressure
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional
  • Viscous Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.