Numerical Prediction of Laminar Shock/Shock Interactions in Hypersonic Flow

Abstract

The results of a series of numerical simulations are presented of experiments conducted at the ONERA Chalais-Meudon Research Center and at the CALSPAN-University at Buffalo Research Center on shock-shock interactions. The flow-field characteristics are described with the aid of the numerical predictions and the computed values of surface pressure and heat transfer are compared with the experimental measurements for purposes of verification and validation. A preliminary grid refinement study is conducted in some test conditions to investigate certain discrepancies that have been found between the numerical and the experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA455443

Entities

People

  • Domenic D'ambrosio

Organizations

  • Polytechnic University of Turin

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bow Shock
  • Computations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hypersonic Flight
  • Hypersonic Flow
  • Hypersonics
  • Information Operations
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Shock
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow