A NUMERICAL STUDY OF OPTIMAL DRAG REDUCTION FOR TURBULENT TRANSONIC PROJECTILES USING A PASSIVE CONTROL |
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| Authors: | JAN-KAUNG FU SHEN-MIN LIANG |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Aeronautics , Chinese Air Force Academy , Kangshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 82012, R.O.C.;2. Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The purpose of this research is to numerically study a drag reduction method—passive control of shock/boundary layer interaction, which is applied to the boattail portion of a secant-ogive-cylinder-boattail projectile in turbulent transonic flows. The flow pattern and the components of aerodynamic drag computed from numerical data are analyzed. The effectiveness of this method is studied by varying the values of parameters such as porosity distribution, maximum porosity factor and size of porous region. The conditions for optimal drag reduction are investigated and reported. The present results show that the use of this passive control method can not only reduce the boattail drag but also the base drag, and results in an additional 8% total drag reduction compared to that without the passive control technique. This passive control method can be an effective approach for the design of high-performance projectiles in the transonic regime. |
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| Keywords: | Boundary layers separation passive control transonic flow drag reduction |
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