Space transportation vehicles have asymmetric protuberant devices on their surfaces, such as cable ducts. Such protuberances, typically arranged asymmetrically with respect to the vehicle axis, are known to cause asymmetric vortices and side force. In this study, to understand effects of side force and its associated flow fields, both wind-tunnel tests and numerical calculations for a slender body with an asymmetric protuberance were conducted at Mach 1.5. The results of computed aerodynamic coefficients are in good agreement with the experimental results and detailed flow structures are provided. In particular, the results revealed that side force was generated by two factors. It linearly increased as vortices detached from the body, and nonlinearly increased based on the effects of secondary vortex scale as the angle of attack increased. Additionally, the axial position and azimuthal angle (angle along the circumferential direction around the body axis) of the protuberance strongly influenced side force characteristics. First, the side force was significantly higher when the protuberance was installed in a forward axial position. Second, when the protuberance was installed on the leeward side of the slender body, the side force increased with the angle of attack. These results are not limited to the presented configuration but to other rocket designs.


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    Title :

    Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Slender Body Side Force with Asymmetric Protuberances


    Contributors:
    Kawauchi, K. (author) / Harada, T. (author) / Kitamura, K. (author) / Nonaka, S. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2019-09-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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