Development of a powered descent capability for atmospheric environments is heavily reliant on computational simulation. The prohibitive computational cost of such simulations motivates an improvement in the understanding of the minimum computational fidelity re-quired to accurately characterize aerodynamic-propulsive interference for such applications. This work examines the applicability of detached eddy simulation methods for retropropulsion in atmospheric environments through utilization of a GPU-accelerated computational framework, yielding data that are largely unachievable with conventional high-performance computing resources. This effort was specifically designed to quantitatively assess the effects of spatial resolution on vehicle aerodynamics for nominal operation of a low lift-to-drag ratio, human-scale Mars lander concept. The test matrix and scaling approach span relevant nozzle expansion conditions as well as mid-supersonic to high-subsonic operating conditions. Solutions were generated using computational grids ranging from 143 million to 1.14 billion grid points (degrees of freedom). This paper will provide an overview of the computational campaign, approach, and discussion of preliminary results focused on a range of operating conditions for a conceptual low lift-to-drag, human-scale Mars lander.


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    Title :

    Effects of Spatial Resolution on Retropropulsion Aerodynamics in an Atmospheric Environment



    Conference:

    AIAA SciTech 2020 ; 2020 ; Orlando, FL, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    EFFECTS OF SPATIAL RESOLUTION ON RETROPROPULSION AERODYNAMICS IN AN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

    Korzun, Ashley M. / Nielsen, Eric J. / Walden, Aaron C. et al. | TIBKAT | 2020


    Effects of Spatial Resolution on Retropropulsion Aerodynamics in an Atmospheric Environment

    Korzun, Ashley M. / Nielsen, Eric J. / Walden, Aaron C. et al. | AIAA | 2020