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Coupling of Fluid Thermal Simulation for Nonablating Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles Using Commercial Codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA

Sockalingam, Subramani
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218801526

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2008, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Mechanical Engineering.
A frame work has been setup for the simulation of hypersonic reentry vehicles using commercial codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA. The main goal of this work was to set up a simple approach for the heat flux prediction and evaluation of the material thermal response during the reentry of the vehicle. Fluid thermal coupling for predicting the thermal response of a reusable non-ablating thermal protection system was set up. The computational fluid dynamics code (FLUENT) and the material thermal response codes (LS-DYNA) are loosely coupled to achieve the solution. The vehicle considered in the calculation is an axisymmetric vehicle flying at zero degree angle of attack. The frame work set up was validated with the results available in the literature. Good correlation was observed between the results from the commercial codes and the results from the literature. The mesh movement capability in LS-DYNA was implemented enabling future modeling of ablating thermal protection system.
Ala Tabiei, PhD (Committee Chair)
David Thompson, PhD (Committee Member)
Prem Khosla, PhD (Committee Member)
Kumar Vemaganti, PhD (Committee Member)
76 p.
Mechanical Engineering
Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles; Thermal Protection System TPS; Ablation

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  • Sockalingam, S. (2008). Coupling of Fluid Thermal Simulation for Nonablating Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles Using Commercial Codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218801526

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sockalingam, Subramani. Coupling of Fluid Thermal Simulation for Nonablating Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles Using Commercial Codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218801526.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sockalingam, Subramani. "Coupling of Fluid Thermal Simulation for Nonablating Hypersonic Reentry Vehicles Using Commercial Codes FLUENT and LS-DYNA." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1218801526

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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