Aerodynamic data books for Space Launch System vehicles require databases for the integrated forces and moments and section loads during liftoff and transition to the ascent phase of flight. While the force and moment database can be generated from wind tunnel results, computational analyses are necessary to provide the extensive surface information required to generate proper lineloads. Of the two flight regimes, the liftoff problem is the more costly and complex situation to simulate, as it requires modeling of the vehicle in proximity to the launch tower. The effects of massive separation on the leeward pressure fields of both the tower and vehicle are not well captured with RANS methods, necessitating the use of more advanced methods, such as Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation, in conjunction with computational grids sufficiently refined to resolve the wakes. Details on the computational setup for employing the Kestrel flow solver to address the liftoff problem are presented. The methodology involves the use of independent unstructured near-body grids for the vehicle and the tower, overset by a solution adaptive Cartesian off-body grid. Results from the simulations are compared to experimental results from a test in the NASA Langley Research Center 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel.


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    Titel :

    Kestrel Results at Liftoff Conditions for a Space Launch System Configuration in Proximity to the Launch Tower


    Beteiligte:
    Steven E Krist (Autor:in) / Nalin A Ratnayake (Autor:in) / Farhad Ghaffari (Autor:in) / Jeremy T Pinier (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition ; 2019 ; Dallas, TX, US



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-06-15




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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