Shock-Based Waverider Design with Pressure Gradient Corrections and Computational Simulations

Waverider Design for Generalized Shock Geometries

A new method for the design of waverider con-gurations with generalized shock geometries is presented. An arbitrary three-dimensional shock shape is speciied as input, and a cross-stream Euler marching procedure is used to deene the post-shock ow-eld. Unlike most previous studies, this approach allows for the use of nonaxisymmetric shock topologies with nonconstant shock strengths. The problem'...

Innovation and Design: Computational Simulations

This paper explores the role that social evaluation has in the definition of design as a source of innovation. The question of interest is how differences between the evaluative processes of group members can potentially determine the success or the failure of novel ideas in design. Computational simulations are presented of a simple design task in a social system where the effects of different...

Waverider Design Based on 3D Leading Edge Shapes

Konstantinos Kontogiannis, András Sóbester University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Nigel Taylor MBDA, Filton, UK Nomenclature ICFA = Internal Conical Flow A α = osculating plane angle to the vertical axis β = effective shockwave angle γ = angle between shockwave profile and upper surface profile curve θ = inclination of the leading edge with respect to the horizontal plane λ = effective swee...

Long Range Corrections to the Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium and Surface Tension of Methane with NVT Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Inversion Based on Computational Simulations

A standard approach to solving inversion problems that involve many parameters uses gradient-based optimization to find the parameters that best match the data. We will discuss enabling techniques that facilitate application of this approach to large-scale computational simulations, which are the only way to investigate many complex physical phenomena. Such simulations may not seem to lend them...