A New Algorithm for Shock Sensor Calculation at Supersonic Speeds on a 3D-Unstructured Grid

Authors

  • Vahid Tahmasbi Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran polytechnic)
  • Seyed Mohammad Hossein Karimian

Keywords:

Shock sensor, Supersonic speed, RAE tailplane.

Abstract

In this paper, 3-Dsupersonic flow around two types of wings is solved using a new algorithm for shock sensor calculation. A dual-time-stepping implicit method with 2nd-order accuracy is used for time integration of the equations. In each real time step, the non-linear system of equations is solved by iterating in pseudo-time, using a multi-step integration method. A cell-center finite volume scheme is applied to discretize the solution domain. Governing equations are discretized using 2nd-order central scheme of Jameson. Undesirable oscillations are prevented using artificial dissipation terms containing 2nd and 4th-order derivative terms. The second-order derivative term is proportional to shock sensor, which is a function of pressure gradient in general and is devised to capture shock waves correctly. Appropriate calculation of shock sensor is very important especially for the solution of 3-D supersonic flow on unstructured grids. In this study, a simple efficient algorithm is proposed for shock sensor calculation to stabilize solution in supersonic 3-D flows on unstructured grids. The new algorithm, implemented at an in-house code, is evaluated by comparison of its results with wind tunnel test data and upwindtype differencing scheme of Roe for a tailplane model tested at Royal Aircraft Establishment. The results show that supersonic flow with shock waves has been accurately captured.

Author Biography

Vahid Tahmasbi, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran polytechnic)

PhD student of aerospace enginieering in aerodynamic major

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Published

2016-10-30

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