TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the drag reduction caused by a combined spike and jet setup for a hypersonic blunt object at low elevations
AU - Zhang, Lingyun
AU - Lei, Juanmian
AU - Guo, Jian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - When hypersonic vehicles fly at low altitudes during the end of the trajectory, they often face extremely high dynamic pressure and greater resistance. Studying the drag reduction features of the hypersonic vehicle at low altitudes is highly important. The Reynolds-averaged N-S equations are solved using the finite-volume method with the SST k-ω turbulence model. Numerical simulations are conducted on three-dimensional hypersonic flow fields involving spike and combined spike and jet configurations at low altitudes with hypersonic speeds to investigate drag reduction effects and analyze flow field characteristics. The data indicates that the presence of a spike can effectively reduce drag during low-altitude hypersonic flight. Enhancing the spike length, its drag reduction efficiency first increases and then slightly decreases. Enhancing the Mach number, the length of the spike that achieves the best drag reduction efficiency becomes longer. A spike and jet combination can enhance drag reduction efficiency when flying at an angle of attack. Enhancing the spike length or the pressure ratio in this configuration can enhance its effectiveness in reducing drag. The findings of this study provide practical guidance for developing drag-reduction strategies for hypersonic aircraft flying at low altitudes.
AB - When hypersonic vehicles fly at low altitudes during the end of the trajectory, they often face extremely high dynamic pressure and greater resistance. Studying the drag reduction features of the hypersonic vehicle at low altitudes is highly important. The Reynolds-averaged N-S equations are solved using the finite-volume method with the SST k-ω turbulence model. Numerical simulations are conducted on three-dimensional hypersonic flow fields involving spike and combined spike and jet configurations at low altitudes with hypersonic speeds to investigate drag reduction effects and analyze flow field characteristics. The data indicates that the presence of a spike can effectively reduce drag during low-altitude hypersonic flight. Enhancing the spike length, its drag reduction efficiency first increases and then slightly decreases. Enhancing the Mach number, the length of the spike that achieves the best drag reduction efficiency becomes longer. A spike and jet combination can enhance drag reduction efficiency when flying at an angle of attack. Enhancing the spike length or the pressure ratio in this configuration can enhance its effectiveness in reducing drag. The findings of this study provide practical guidance for developing drag-reduction strategies for hypersonic aircraft flying at low altitudes.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2870/1/012015
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2870/1/012015
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85207824397
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 2870
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012015
T2 - 2024 4th International Conference on Computer, Remote Sensing and Aerospace, CRSA 2024
Y2 - 5 July 2024 through 7 July 2024
ER -