Numerical simulation of high enthalpy shock tunnel

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Enthalpy, Hypervelocity Flow, Hypervelocity Wind Tunnels, Real Gases, Reentry Vehicles, Shock Tunnels, Simulation, Wind Tunnel Tests, Ground Tests, Pistons, Shock Wave Interaction

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One of the most important problems on a development of a reentry vehicle is the prediction of real gas effect. In order to obtain the real gas data of reentry by ground test, the hypervelocity wind tunnel having extremely high reservoir condition, in which temperature and pressure are up to 10,000K and 1,500atm, is required. A free piston shock tunnel is the most useful facility which can produce such hypervelocity flow. The National Aerospace Laboratory is planning to develop the large free piston shock tunnel which can simulate the reentry of HOPE. In the present paper, CFD applications to the design and operation of the free piston shock tunnel are studied. The two topics are presented. One is the quasi-1D simulation to predict actual performances of free piston shock tunnels. Other is the axisymmetric 2D simulation of the reflected shock-boundary layer interactions to clarify the mechanism of the driver gas contamination.

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