Aerodynamic Analysis of a Canard Missile Configuration using ANSYS-CFX

Abstract

This study used the Computational Fluid Dynamics code, ANSYS-CFX to predict the static aerodynamic characteristics of a canard-wing missile configuration with a hemispherical nose, triangular wedge canards and fixed trapezoidal wings. The study was conducted for Mach numbers of 0.2, 0.8 and 1.2. The results were compared against experimental data from actual wind tunnel tests and data from a semi-empirical method, AP09. The ANSYS-CFX results showed good agreement for CN, CM, and CL but less agreement for CA when compared to the experimental results. The AP09 results also showed good agreement for CN, CM, and CL but also showed less agreement for CA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556680

Entities

People

  • Hong C. Wee

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Agreements
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Leading Edges
  • Mach Number
  • Materials
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Mathematics or Statistics