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CFD analysis for high speed inletsThe increased national interest in high speed flight has increased research for high speed propulsion components. The highly 3-D flows present in supersonic/hypersonic inlets are currently being studied at NASA-Lewis both experimentally and computationally using a family of steady Parabolized Navier-Stokes (PNS) and Navier-Stokes (NS) solvers and unsteady NS solvers. Some of the results of these efforts are presented with an emphasis on the comparison of the computational and experimental results. The flow in high speed inlets typically involves the interaction of compression shock waves and boundary layers on the internal surfaces. The fundamentals of these interactions have been studied experimentally for many years, while more recently, computations have been used to study these complex 3-D flow fields. Attempts to control the flow through boundary layer bleed are being investigated computationally prior to wind tunnel experiments. The ultimate goal is the higher performing inlets required for high speed flight.
Document ID
19910001575
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Benson, Tom
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Ames Research Center, NASA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference. Volume 2: Sessions 7-12
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Accession Number
91N10888
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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