CFD support of NASP design
Abstract
This paper presents a summary of design studies from the 'open' literature which illustrate the level of effort and the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to support the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) X-30 design. CFD plays a major role in the NASP program, particularly for the very high speed regions (Mach greater than 10) where wind tunnels cannot fully simulate the flow, and flow field measurements are difficult to obtain. Full simulation (nose-to-tail analysis) of the NASP flow field, both internal and external, is discussed.
- Publication:
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AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting
- Pub Date:
- October 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990aiaa.meetRQ...M
- Keywords:
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- Aerospace Planes;
- Aircraft Design;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- National Aerospace Plane Program;
- Aerodynamic Configurations;
- Design Analysis;
- Forebodies;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles