This paper primarily presents an aerodynamic CFD analysis of a winged spaceplane geometry based on the Japanese Space Walker proposal. StarCCM+ was used to calculate aerodynamic coefficients for a typical space flight trajectory including super-, trans- and subsonic Mach numbers and two angles of attack. Since the solution of the RANS equations in such supersonic flight regimes is still computationally expensive, inviscid Euler simulations can principally lead to a significant reduction in computational effort. The impact on accuracy of aerodynamic properties is further analysed by comparing both methods for different flight regimes up to a Mach number of 4.


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    Title :

    Aerodynamic Analysis of a Winged Sub-Orbital Spaceplane


    Contributors:
    Geiben, B. (author) / Götten, F. (author) / Havermann, M. (author)

    Publication date :

    2021


    Size :

    9 pages



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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