This paper presents the static and dynamic computational aeroelastic (CAE) analyses of the Ares crew launch vehicle (CLV) during atmospheric ascent. The influence of launch vehicle flexibility on the static aerodynamic loading and integrated aerodynamic force and moment coefficients is discussed. The ultimate purpose of this analysis is to assess the aeroelastic stability of the launch vehicle along the ascent trajectory. A comparison of analysis results for several versions of the Ares CLV will be made. Flexible static and dynamic analyses based on rigid computational fluid dynamic (CFD) data are compared with a fully coupled aeroelastic time marching CFD analysis of the launch vehicle.


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    Title :

    Computational Aeroelastic Analysis of the Ares Launch Vehicle During Ascent



    Conference:

    28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference ; 2010 ; Chicago, IL, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-06-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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