Application of axisymmetric analog for calculating heating in three-dimensional flows

A rapid, approximate method has been developed for calculating the heating rates on three-dimensional vehicles such as the Space Shuttle Orbiter and other advanced reentry configurations. The method is based on the axisymmetric analogue for three-dimensional boundary layers. It uses information obtained from a three-dimensional inviscid flowfield solution, such as HALIS, to calculate inviscid surface streamlines along which approximate heating rates are calculated independent of what happens along other streamlines. Three-dimensional effects are included through the metric coefficient that describes the divergence or convergence of streamlines. Boundary-layer edge properties are obtained from the inviscid flowfield solution by interpolating in the inviscid flowfield at a distance equal to the boundary-layer thickness away from the wall. This accounts, approximately, for the variable boundary-layer edge entropy. Using this method, heating calculations can be made along a typical streamline in a few seconds. This method has been used to accurately predict heating rates for simple shapes such as a spherically blunted cone and more complex shapes such as the Shuttle Orbiter for a variety of wind-tunnel and flight conditions. A unique feature of the method is its ability to accurately predict heating rates on the Shuttle Orbiter wing.

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