Hypersonic rarefied flow about a delta wing - direct simulation and comparison with experiment
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Celenligil, M. C.↗
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Hypersonic rarefied flow about a delta wing - Direct simulation and comparison with experiment
Three-dimensional simulations of hypersonic rarefied flow about a delta wing are made using the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method of Bird, and the results of the computations are compared with recent experimental data obtained in a vacuum wind tunnel at the DLR in Gottingen, Germany. The present study considers Mach 8.89 nitrogen flow for a range of conditions that include Knudsen numbers of 0.016 to 3.505 for an incidence angle of 30 deg, and angles of incidence of 15 to 60 deg for a constant Knudsen number of 0.389. The calculations provide details concerning the flowfield structure and surface quantities. Comparisons between the calculations and the available experimental measurements are made for aerodynamic and overall heat-transfer coefficients and recovery temperature. The agreement between the measured and calculated data are very good, well within the estimated measurement uncertainty. Comparisons are also made with modified Newtonian and free-molecule theories.
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Application of the DSMC method to hypersonic flow about a delta wing
The direct simulation Monte Carlo method was applied to a hypersonic rarefied flow about a delta wing at angle of incidence. Three-dimensional calculations were performed using a single-species gas model that accounts for energy exchange with the internal modes. Computed results were compared with the available experimental data obtained in a nitrogen wind-tunnel experiment. Discrepancies were shown to exist between the experimental and calculated results. These differences may be caused by the inadequately defined freestream conditions.
Celenligil, M. C.↗