Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Supersonic Flow over the ELAC-Configuration

Anatoly Michailovich Kharitonov, Mark Davidovich Brodetsky, Andreas Henze, Wolfgang Schröder, Matthias Heller, Gottfried Sachs, Christian Breitsamter, Boris Laschka

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Abstract

Experimental and numerical findings for the supersonic flow field of the twostage vehicle ELAC/EOS are presented. The experiments have been performed in the T-313 wind tunnel of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, SB, Russian Academy of Sciences, in Novosibirsk. They include pressure, force, and moment measurements, and schlieren flow visualization. The numerical simulations provide the fully three dimensional data and are used to analyze the flow field by visualizing wall streamlines and the inner structure of the flow field. The first configuration of the investigation is the orbital stage EOS in close vicinity to a flat plate, while in the second part the separation of ELAC and EOS is modelled. The flow fields of these bodies strongly interfere and the influence of the interaction will be discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBasic Research and Technologies for Two-Stage-to-Orbit Vehicles
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages77-101
Number of pages25
ISBN (Print)3527277358, 9783527277353
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Nov 2005

Keywords

  • Aerodynamics
  • Analysis of supersonic flow
  • Ascend and re-entry
  • ELAC-Model
  • ELAC-configuration
  • Flow physics
  • Flow simulation
  • Ground test facilities
  • High-enthalpy flows
  • Low-speed tests
  • Nonequilibrium air flows
  • Numerical simulation of high-enthalpy
  • Research
  • Technologies for two-stage-to-orbit vehicles
  • Thermodynamics
  • Two-stage ELAC/EOS-configuration

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