The HIFiRE-5b program launched an experimental Flight test vehicle to study laminar-turbulent transition at hypersonic speeds. To correctly interpret the data collected from the flight, the local atmospheric conditions and the speed and attitude of the vehicle through its trajectory are required. To this end, laminar and turbulent flow calculations were carried out for a range of conditions that bounded the flight conditions. The computed surface pressure and heat transfer were compared to values measured in flight to obtain a best estimate of vehicle attitude and flow conditions. Here we present a summary of those calculations, and a computational database for processing the flight measurements. The final product of this work is an interpolant for heat transfer and pressure in the following variables: angle-of-attack, yaw angle, Mach number, Reynolds number, circumferential station, and streamwise station.
Laminar and Turbulent Flow Calculations for the Hifire-5B Flight Test
2017
16 pages
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English
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