DocumentCode :
3226488
Title :
Advanced Coupled CFD/RBD Calculations of Free-Flight Projectile Aerodynamics
Author :
Sahu, Jubaraj
Author_Institution :
US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
fYear :
2005
fDate :
2005
Firstpage :
86
Lastpage :
91
Abstract :
This paper describes a new multidisciplinary computational study undertaken to model the flight trajectories and the free flight aerodynamics of both finned and spinning projectile configurations. Actual flight trajectories are computed using an advanced coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD)/rigid body dynamics (RBD) technique. An advanced time-accurate Navier-Stokes computational technique has been used in CFD to compute the unsteady aerodynamics associated with the free flight of the finned projectile at supersonic speeds and the spinning projectile at subsonic speeds. Computed positions and orientations of the projectile have been compared with actual data measured from free flight tests and are found to be generally in good agreement. Predicted aerodynamics forces and moments also compare well with the forces and moments used in the six degree freedom fits of the results of the same tests.
Keywords :
Aerodynamics; Computational fluid dynamics; Laboratories; Military computing; Missiles; Projectiles; Rockets; Spinning; Testing; Weapons;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Users Group Conference, 2005
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2496-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/DODUGC.2005.7
Filename :
1592128
Link To Document :
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