Lateral turbulent jet in rarefied environment

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Hauptverfasser: Tian, Songyan, Wu, Lei, Wan, Minping
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author Tian, Songyan
Wu, Lei
Wan, Minping
author_facet Tian, Songyan
Wu, Lei
Wan, Minping
contents Lateral jets play a crucial role in controlling the trajectory and aerodynamic heating of hypersonic vehicles. However, the complex interaction between turbulent and rarefaction effects has rarely been examined. This study fills this knowledge gap by employing the newly developed GSIS-SST method [J. Fluid Mech. 1002 (2025) A10], which combines the shear stress transport (SST) model for turbulent flow and the general synthetic iterative scheme (GSIS) for rarefied gas flow. It is found that, at altitudes from 50 km to 80 km, the maximum relative difference in the pitch moment between the GSIS-SST and pure GSIS (SST) reaches 28% (20%). While the jet is supposed to reduce the surface heat flux, its turbulence significantly diminishes this reduction, e.g., the GSIS-SST predicts a heat flux about one order of magnitude higher than the GSIS when the jet pressure ratio is 1.5. Increasing the angle of attack intensifies local turbulence, resulting in expanded discrepancies in shear stress and heat flux between GSIS-SST and GSIS. These insights enhance our comprehension of lateral jet flows and highlight the importance of accounting for both turbulent and rarefaction effects in medium-altitude hypersonic flight.
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spellingShingle Lateral turbulent jet in rarefied environment
Tian, Songyan
Wu, Lei
Wan, Minping
Fluid Dynamics
Lateral jets play a crucial role in controlling the trajectory and aerodynamic heating of hypersonic vehicles. However, the complex interaction between turbulent and rarefaction effects has rarely been examined. This study fills this knowledge gap by employing the newly developed GSIS-SST method [J. Fluid Mech. 1002 (2025) A10], which combines the shear stress transport (SST) model for turbulent flow and the general synthetic iterative scheme (GSIS) for rarefied gas flow. It is found that, at altitudes from 50 km to 80 km, the maximum relative difference in the pitch moment between the GSIS-SST and pure GSIS (SST) reaches 28% (20%). While the jet is supposed to reduce the surface heat flux, its turbulence significantly diminishes this reduction, e.g., the GSIS-SST predicts a heat flux about one order of magnitude higher than the GSIS when the jet pressure ratio is 1.5. Increasing the angle of attack intensifies local turbulence, resulting in expanded discrepancies in shear stress and heat flux between GSIS-SST and GSIS. These insights enhance our comprehension of lateral jet flows and highlight the importance of accounting for both turbulent and rarefaction effects in medium-altitude hypersonic flight.
title Lateral turbulent jet in rarefied environment
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05074