Numerical Prediction of the Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Over a Row of Microcavities

Abstract

This report results from tasking Nu-Modeling, Inc. as follows: the contractor will perform detailed numerical predictions of the flowfield in the neighborhood of the microcavities that are embedded in wall-coatings. The key deliverable of the proposed work will be the ability to put forward an improved integral condition to replace what is used in the current theoretical approach. This will be determined numerically at each of the parameters of the problem. The numerical effort required for the solution of the problem at a single value of each of the parameters involved limits to subset of the (M, Re, m, d, d/D, d/s) parameter space that can be investigated within the available year. It is intended to approximate existing analytic results of Fedorov first, at a single set of parameters, by imposing his pressure boundary condition at the lips of the microcavities (i.e. taking D=0. The effect of nonzero values of this parameter will then be examined, keeping all other parameters in the problem constant. Subsequently, the effect of d, and 5 will be investigated, at constant D and 2(d+s). In all D1 0 cases to be studied, integral boundary conditions will be provided to the parties involved in the project. Progress of the proposed research will be monitored by means of one intermediate and one final report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA409528

Entities

People

  • Vassilios Theofilis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Boundary Layer Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Integrals
  • Layers
  • Materials
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Porous Materials
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Boundary Layers
  • Space