Drag reduction of a blunt body through reconfiguration of rear flexible plates

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 045102
Author(s):  
C. García-Baena ◽  
J. I. Jiménez-González ◽  
C. Martínez-Bazán
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Blunt Body ◽  
Flexible Plates

Blunt-body wave drag reduction using focused energy deposition

AIAA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 460-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Riggins ◽  
H. F. Nelson ◽  
Eric Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Energy Deposition ◽  
Blunt Body ◽  
Body Wave ◽  
Wave Drag ◽  
Wave Drag Reduction

A numerical study on the single pulsed energy addition based unsteady wave drag reduction at varied hypersonic flow regimes

2020 ◽  
pp. 095441002097313
Author(s):  
Dathi SNV Rajasekhar Rao ◽  
Bibin John
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Mach Number ◽  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Shock Layer ◽  
Blunt Body ◽  
Wave Drag ◽  
Flow Features ◽  
Energy Pulse ◽  
Energy Addition ◽  
Wave Drag Reduction

In this study, unsteady wave drag reduction in hypersonic flowfield using pulsed energy addition is numerically investigated. A single energy pulse is considered to analyze the time-averaged drag reduction/pulse. The blast wave creation, translation and its interaction with shock layer are studied. As the wave drag depends only on the inviscid aspects of the flowfield, Euler part of a well-established compressible flow Navier-Stokes solver USHAS (Unstructured Solver for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics) is employed for the present study. To explore the feasibility of pulsed energy addition in reducing the wave drag at different flight conditions, flight Mach numbers of 5.75, 6.9 and 8.0 are chosen for the study. An [Formula: see text] apex angle blunt cone model is considered to be placed in such hypersonic streams, and steady-state drag and unsteady drag reductions are computed. The simulation results indicate that drag of the blunt-body can be reduced below the steady-state drag for a significant period of energy bubble-shock layer interaction, and the corresponding propulsive energy savings can be up to 9%. For energy pulse of magnitude 100mJ deposited to a spherical region of 2 mm radius, located 50 mm upstream of the blunt-body offered a maximum percentage of wave drag reduction in the case of Mach 8.0 flowfield. Two different flow features are found to be responsible for the drag reduction, one is the low-density core of the blast wave and the second one is the baroclinic vortex created due to the plasma energy bubble-shock layer interaction. For the same freestream stagnation conditions, these two flow features are noted to be very predominant in the case of high Mach number flow in comparison to Mach 5.75 and 6.9 cases. However, the ratio of energy saved to the energy consumed is noted as a maximum for the lower Mach number case.

Influences of lateral jet location and its number on the drag reduction of a blunted body in supersonic flows

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (1277) ◽  
pp. 1055-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dong ◽  
J. Liao ◽  
Z. Du ◽  
W. Huang
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Drag Force ◽  
Blunt Body ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Supersonic Flows ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Promising Application ◽  
Force Reduction

ABSTRACTThe analysis of the aerodynamic environment of the re-entry vehicle attaches great importance to the design of the novel drag reduction strategies, and the combinational spike and jet concept has shown promising application for the drag reduction in supersonic flows. In this paper, the drag force reduction mechanism induced by the combinational spike and lateral jet concept with the freestream Mach number being 5.9332 has been investigated numerically by means of the two-dimensional axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the shear stress transport (SST) k-ω turbulence model, and the effects of the lateral jet location and its number on the drag reduction of the blunt body have been evaluated. The obtained results show that the drag force of the blunt body can be reduced more profoundly when employing the dual lateral jets, and its maximum percentage is 38.81%, with the locations of the first and second lateral jets arranged suitably. The interaction between the leading shock wave and the first lateral jet has a great impact on the drag force reduction. The drag force reduction is more evident when the interaction is stronger. Due to the inclusion of the lateral jet, the pressure intensity at the reattachment point of the blunt body decreases sharply, as well as the temperature near the walls of the spike and the blunt body, and this implies that the multi-lateral jet is beneficial for the drag reduction.

Aerodisk effects on drag reduction for hypersonic blunt body with an ellipsoid nose

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 599-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Zhong ◽  
Chao Yan ◽  
Shu-sheng Chen ◽  
Tian-xin Zhang ◽  
Shuai Lou
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Blunt Body

Plasma injection for hypersonic blunt-body drag reduction

AIAA Journal ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1178-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Shang
Keyword(s):  
Drag Reduction ◽  
Blunt Body ◽  
Body Drag ◽  
Plasma Injection
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