Space-shuttle windward surface laminar viscous shock-layer flows in equilibrium air at high angles-of-attack

A recently developed viscous shock-layer method (VSL81) has been applied to predict laminar viscous flows over the windward surface of a shuttle-like vehicle with a perfect gas and an equilibrium air model at high angles-of-attack to simulate reentry conditions. The predictions of wall pressure and heat-transfer data compare well with the limited experimental data available requiring relatively short computing times compared to parabolized Navier-Stokes (PNS) methods. Velocity, pressure and enthalpy profiles are compared at some stations on the body. This method can be used to predict viscous flows over general lifting bodies during reentry.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aerospace Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Aerospace Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1982

Author dc:creator

• Thareja, Rajiv R.

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80212

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/80212