Estimating heat-flux peak location and magnitude is important to efficiently design thermal protection systems of hypersonic vehicles, which are characterized by strict low-weight requirements. This work is a numerical study of hypersonic shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction experiments on flat plates and compression corners. In all the cases presented herein, shock-induced transition resulted in unusual heat-flux levels and distributions. Fully laminar and Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes simulations failed in predicting the heat-flux trends; however, by artificially triggering transition at specific location it was possible to enhance the agreement with the experiment and isolate the beginning of transition with reasonable precision.
Double Peak-Heating in Hypersonic Transitional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions
AIAA Journal ; 60 , 4 ; 2051-2059
2021-11-12
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
FLUID DYNAMICS - Shock Wave-Transitional Boundary-Layer Interactions in Hypersonic Flow
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