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Analytic Corrections to CFD Heating Predictions Accounting for Changes in Surface CatalysisA new approach for combining the insight afforded by integral boundary-layer analysis with comprehensive (but time intensive) computational fluid dynamic (CFD) flowfield solutions of the thin-layer Navier-Stokes equations is described. The approach extracts CFD derived quantities at the wall and at the boundary layer edge for inclusion in a post-processing boundary-layer analysis. It allows a designer at a work-station to address two questions, given a single CFD solution. (1) How much does the heating change for a thermal protection system (TPS) with different catalytic properties than was used in the original CFD solution? (2) How does the heating change at the interface of two different TPS materials with an abrupt change in catalytic efficiency? The answer to the second question is particularly important, because abrupt changes from low to high catalytic efficiency can lead to localized increase in heating which exceeds the usually conservative estimate provided by a fully catalytic wall assumption. Capabilities of this approach for application to Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) design are demonstrated. If the definition of surface catalysis is uncertain early in the design process, results show that fully catalytic wall boundary conditions provide the best baseline for CFD design points.
Document ID
20040110964
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Gnoffo, Peter A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Inger, George R.
(Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology Ames, IA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1996
Subject Category
Numerical Analysis
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 96-4589
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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