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Area of Science:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science

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  • Boundary-layer transition is critical for hypersonic vehicle design.
  • Accurate prediction of transition onset is essential for performance and safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To predict boundary-layer transition in hypersonic flows over a straight cone.
  • To investigate the effect of cone bluntness on transition onset.
  • To validate simulation methods against experimental data.

Main Methods:

  • Solving 2D Navier-Stokes equations in axisymmetric coordinates.
  • Utilizing a 5th-order WENO scheme for spatial discretization.
  • Employing a 3rd-order TVD Runge-Kutta scheme for time integration.
  • Incorporating freestream spectra, receptivity, and N-factors for prediction.

Main Results:

  • N-factors increase with unit Reynolds numbers for sharp cones, plateau for blunt cones.
  • Receptivity coefficients are higher for sharp cones (order 4) than blunt cones (order 1).
  • Simulations closely match measured transition onset for sharp cones.
  • Simulations overpredict transition onset by ~20% for blunt cones.

Conclusions:

  • The simulation methodology accurately predicts transition onset for sharp cones.
  • Cone bluntness significantly influences receptivity and transition location.
  • Further refinement is needed for accurate prediction on blunt hypersonic bodies.