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| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Zhang, S. Liu, J. Mallapragada, P. Chen, Y. S. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | Base heating characteristics is crucial to the success and the overall performance of the X-33 engine. Base heating is important throughout the entire flight trajectory due to the aerospike engine design of X-33. The base region is surrounded by the hot-gas plume, which expands, circulates and impinges on the base. An advanced computation fluid dynamics method is employed in an effort to develop a robust, accurate and efficient tool for the X-33 base heating performance predictions. This computational tool is developed based on a Navier-Stokes flow solver, which is suitable for general complex geometry and includes turbulence, finite-rate chemistry, and radiation models. To fulfill the fast turnaround requirement as a design analysis tool, adaptive mesh refinement method and parallel-computing algorithm are also incorporated in the present model. Case study for the X-33 base-region fluid dynamics and heat transfer characteristics are presented. |
| File Size | 2449802 |
| Page Count | 22 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20010037825 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3qv8gc9v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics Navier-stokes Equation Engine Design Computational Fluid Dynamics Temperature Effects Base Heating X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle Performance Prediction Computational Grids Grid Generation Mathematics Design Analysis Parallel Processing Computers Heat Transfer Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |