The prediction of pressure fluctuations generated over the external surface of aerospace launchers during the atmospheric flight remains a challenging task due to the complexity of the geometry and the effects of compressibility at high supersonic Mach numbers. An experimental database is here analysed to the scope of providing a procedure to model and predict the relevant statistics of the wall pressure fluctuations generated by a supersonic flow overflowing the VEGA-C Launcher Vehicle. Data have been obtained in an extensive Wind Tunnel test campaign carried out in the trisonic wind tunnel of the National Institute for Aerospace Research (INCAS) in Bucharest. Wall-mounted pressure transducers allowed for the computation of the pressure Auto- and Cross-spectra over the fourth (the payload region) and third stages of the launcher model. Coherence functions are modelled through exponential-like analytical functions following the approaches usually adopted in canonical boundary layer flows, whereas the auto-spectra models are based on polynomial fits. The approach adopted for the achievement of proper non-dimensional quantities as well as the procedure implemented for the full-scale extrapolation is presented and discussed.


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    Title :

    Modelling the Wall Pressure Fluctuations on the VEGA-C Launcher in Supersonic Conditions


    Additional title:

    Aerotec. Missili Spaz.



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    Publication date :

    2024-03-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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