Aerodynamic study of sounding rocket flows using Chimera and patched multiblock meshes

Oliveira Neto, João Alves de; Basso, Edson; Azevedo, João Luiz F.

doi:10.5028/jatm.2011.03016810

Abstract:

Aerodynamic flow simulations over a typical sounding rocket are presented in this paper. The work is inserted in the effort of developing computational tools necessary to simulate aerodynamic flows over configurations of interest for Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço of Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial. Sounding rocket configurations usually require fairly large fins and, quite frequently, have more than one set of fins. In order to be able to handle such configurations, the present paper presents a novel methodology which combines both Chimera and patched multiblock grids in the discretization of the computational domain. The flows of interest are modeled using the 3-D Euler equations and the work describes the details of discretization procedure, which uses a finite difference approach for structure, body-conforming, multiblock grids. The method is used to calculate the aerodynamics of a sounding rocket vehicle. The results indicate that the present approach can be a powerful aerodynamic analysis and design tool.

Keywords:
Chimera grids; Patched multiblock grids; Sounding rockets

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Jan-Apr 2011

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Received
11 May 2010
Accepted
22 Oct 2010

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[1] Antunes, A.P., 2000, "Simulation of aerodynamic flows using overset multiblock grids," M.S. Thesis, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil (in Portuguese, original title is "Simulação de Escoamentos Aerodinâmicos Utilizando Malhas de Blocos Múltiplos Sobrepostos").

[2] Antunes, A.P., Basso, E., and Azevedo, J.L.F., 2000, "Holecut: a program for the generation of Chimera grids," Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço, CTA/IAE/ASE-N, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil (in Portuguese, original title is "Holecut: Um Programa de Geração de Malhas Chimera").

[3] Azevedo, J.L.F., Menezes, J.C.L., and Fico Jr., N.G.C.R., 1996, "Accurate turbulent calculations of transonic launch vehicles flows," Proceedings of the 14th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 96-2484-CP, Vol. 3, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 841-851.

[4] Azevedo, J.L.F., Strauss, D., and Ferrari, M.A.S., 1997, "Viscous multiblock simulations of axisymmetric launch vehicle flows," Proceedings of the 15th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 97-2300-CP, Vol. 2, Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 664-674.

[5] Basso, E., Antunes, A.P., and Azevedo, J.L.F., 2003, "Chimera simulations of supersonic flows over a complex satellite launcher configuration," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 345-355.

[6] Bigarella, E.D.V., 2007, "Advanced turbulence modelling for complex aerospace applications," Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.

[7] Bigarella, E.D.V., Azevedo, J.L.F., 2007, "Advanced eddy-viscosity and Reynolds-stress turbulence model simulations of aerospace applications," AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 2369-2390.

[8] Blake, W.B., 1998, "Missile Datcom - User's Manual," Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA.

[9] Fletcher, C.A.J., 1991, "Computational techniques for fluid dynamics," Vol. 2, Spring-Verlag, NewYork, USA.

[10] Jameson, A., Schmidt, W., and Turkel, E., 1981, "Numerical solutions of the Euler equations by finite volume methods using Runge-Kutta time-stepping schemes," Proceedings of the 14th Fluid and Plasma Dynamic Conference, AIAA Paper No. 81-1259, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

[11] Long, L.N., Khan, M.M.S., and Sharp, H.T., 1991, "Massively parallel three-dimensional Euler/Navier-Stokes method," AIAA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 657-666. doi: 10.2514/3.10635
» https://doi.org/10.2514/3.10635

[12] Papa, J.C., Azevedo, J.L.F., 2003, "Three dimensional flow simulations over a typical sounding rocket", Proceedings of the 21st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 2003-3421, Orlando, FL, USA.

[13] Pio, D.M., Basso, E., Souza, C.E., Azevedo, J.L.F., and Silva, R.G.A., 2010, "Numerical simulations of the aerodynamic load distributions over the VS-30 sounding rocket," Proceedings of the 13th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering - ENCIT 2010, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.

[14] Pulliam, T.H., Steger, J.L., 1980, "Implicit finite-difference simulations of three-dimensional compressible flow," AIAA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 159-167. doi: 10.2514/3.50745
» https://doi.org/10.2514/3.50745

[15] Strauss, D., Azevedo, J.L.F., 1999, "A numerical study of turbulent afterbody flows including a propulsive jet," Proceedings of the 17th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 99-3190-CP, Norfolk, VA, USA, pp. 654-664.

[16] Turkel, E., Vatsa, V.N., 1994, "Effect of artificial viscosity on three-dimensional flow solutions," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 39-45.

[17] Vieira, R., Azevedo, J.L.F., Fico Jr., N.G.C.R., and Basso, E., 1998, "Three dimensional flow simulation in the test section of a slotted transonic wind tunnel," Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, ICAS, Paper No. 98-R.3.11, Melbourne, Australia.

[18] Wang, Z.J., Buning, P., and Benek, J., 1995, "Critical evaluation of conservative and non-conservative interface treatment for Chimera grids," Proceedings of the 33rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 95-0077, Reno, NV, USA.

[19] Wang, Z.F., Yang, H.Q., 1994, "A unified conservative zonal interface treatment for arbitrarily patched and overlapped grids," Proceedings of the 32nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper No. 94-0320, Reno, NV, USA.

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