Gridding strategies and associated results for winged entry vehicles

Two volume grid strategies based on similar software are presented for a geometrically complex entry vehicle. It is shown that quick relatively simple grid generation techniques can be used to construct computational grids about entry vehicles with nontrivial geometric complexity. Particular attention is given to both single- and dual-block grid topologies for a lifting body and solution generated on each grid. Results indicate that the grid topology can have an effect on the nature of the solution.