Configuration and Computation Cases

S. Riedelbauch [34] (see also [35]) studied the aerothermodynamic properties of hypersonic flow past the radiation-cooled surface of a generic configuration (Blunt Delta Wing (BDW) [36]). The configuration is a simple slender delta wing with a blunt nose, Fig. 3.15. Navier-Stokes solutions for perfect gas were performed for flight with the conditions given in Table 3.5.

Table 3.5. Flight parameters of the Blunt Delta Wing [34].

Case

Moo

H [km]

Too [K]

Ac A [1/m]

L [m]

Є

a [°]

1

7.15

30

226.506

2.69-106

14

0.85

15

2

7.15

30

226.506

2.69-106

4.67

0.85

15

Laminar flow was assumed. A surface emissivity coefficient є = 0.85 was chosen. The computations were made with an angle of attack a = 15° for two wing lengths L = 14 m and L = 4.67 m.