Numerical Investigation of the Shuttle-Like Configuration PHOENIX

Birgit U. Reinartz, Michael Hesse and Josef Ballmann
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Birgit U. Reinartz: Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Mechanik, RWTH Aachen
Michael Hesse: Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Mechanik, RWTH Aachen
Josef Ballmann: Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Mechanik, RWTH Aachen

A chapter in High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ’02, 2003, pp 379-390 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The development of the shuttle-like technology demonstrator PHOENIX is intended to proof the feasibility of a future European reusable space transportation system. The present work focuses on aerodynamic solutions for the clean- configuration of PHOENIX by three-dimensional Euler computations. Details on the structured grid generation process using the interactive MegaCads software are discussed and a converged solution for supersonic inviscid flow is presented. The agreement of the obtained aerodynamic coefficients with wind tunnel and design data is favorable. Preliminary work has started on viscous hypersonic flow computations for different flight conditions.

Keywords: Turbulent Kinetic Energy; Hypersonic Flow; Inviscid Flow; Aerodynamic Coefficient; Wind Tunnel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59354-3_31

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