Navier-Stokes Simulation of Plume/Vertical Launching System Interaction Flowfields

Abstract

The application of Navier-Stokes methodology to the analysis of Vertical Launching System/missile exhaust plume interactions is discussed. The complex three-dimensional flowfields related to the Vertical Launching System (VLS) are computed utilizing the PARCH/RNP Navier-Stokes code. PARCH/RNP solves the fully-coupled system of fluid, two-equation turbulence (kE) and chemical species equations via the implicit, approximately factored, Beam-Warming algorithm utilizing a block-tridiagonal inversion procedure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 09, 1992
Accession Number
ADA458628

Entities

People

  • B. J. York
  • L. Gominho
  • Laurel E. Anderson
  • N. Sinha
  • S. M. Dash

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Colorado
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Equations
  • Exhaust Plumes
  • Fluids
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Inversion
  • Launching
  • Plumes
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Missile Defense Systems.