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Direct simulation Monte Carlo and Navier-Stokes simulations of blunt body wake flowsNumerical results obtained with direct simulation Monte Carlo and Navier-Stokes methods are presented for a Mach-20 nitrogen flow about a 70-deg blunted cone. The flow conditions simuulated are those that can be obtained in existing low-density hypersonic wind tunnels. Three sets of flow conditions are considered with freestream Knudsen numbers ranging from 0.03 to 0.001. The focus is on the wake structure: how the wake structure changes as a function of rarefaction, what the afterbody levels of heating are, and to what limits the continuum models are realistic as rarefaction in the wake is progressively increased. Calculations are made with and without an afterbody sting. Results for the after body sting are emphasizes in anticipation of an experimental study for the current flow conditions and model configuration. The Navier-Stokes calculations were made with and without slip boundary conditions. Comparisons of the results obtained with the two simulation methodologies are made for both flowfield structure and surface quantities.
Document ID
19950057373
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Moss, James N.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Mitcheltree, Robert A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Dogra, Virendra K.
(ViGYAN, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Wilmoth, Richard G.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: AIAA Journal
Volume: 32
Issue: 7
ISSN: 0001-1452
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Accession Number
95A88972
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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