An Initial Foray into the Productive Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

A suite of Government-developed, productivity-oriented, Computational Fluid Dynamics software has been constructed for use in the aerodynamic design of missiles. This suite is based on a robust Eulerian solver, and it uses automated grid generation to drastically reduce the time required to set up flowfield computations. The software is described and then applied to two potential hypervelocity missile configurations: one using a bent nose for aerodynamic control and the other using traditional canards. Comparisons mad with wind tunnel data demonstrate the ability of the software suite to produce meaningful results for use by aerodynamic designers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA476173

Entities

People

  • Lamar M. Auman
  • Milton E. Vaughn Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Airframes
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Mach Number
  • Reliability
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow