Numerical prediction of nonequilibrium hypersonic flow around Brazilian satellite SARA

Chemical and Vibrational Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Viscous Flow around an Axisymmetric Blunt Body

Abstract—Hypersonic flows around spatial vehicles during their reentry phase in planetary atmospheres are characterized by intense aerothermodynamics phenomena. The aim of this work is to analyze high temperature flows around an axisymmetric blunt body taking into account chemical and vibrational non-equilibrium for air mixture species and the no slip condition at the wall. For this purpose, th...

Perspectives on Hypersonic Viscous and Nonequilibrium Flow Research

CFD Validation Studies for Hypersonic Flow Prediction

A series of experiments to measure pressure and heating for code validation involving hypersonic, laminar, separated flows was conducted at the Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC) in the Large Energy National Shock (LENS) tunnel. The experimental data serve as a focus for a code validation session but are not available to the authors until the conclusion of this session. The f...

Numerical Study of Non - Equilibrium Air Dissociation For Calculation of Electron Density in Hypersonic Flow

Numerical Simulation of Weakly Ionized Hypersonic Flow for Reentry Configurations

Numerical simulations of axisymmetric flows over reentry configurations at hypersonic conditions using a Navier-Stokes solver are presented. The Navier-Stokes equations are modified using Park’s two-temperature model to account for thermochemical nonequilibrium and weak ionization effects. The finite-volume method is used to solve the set of differential equations. The code has the capability t...