Computational study of hypersonic rarefied gas flow over re-entry vehicles using the second-order Boltzmann-Curtiss constitutive model

• Main Authors: Chourushi, Tushar, Singh, Satyvir, Sreekala, Vishnu Asokakumar, Myong, Rho Shin
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Hypersonic Re-Entry Vehicles; Rarefied Gas Flows
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156103
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The aerothermodynamics of re-entry vehicles vary significantly upon re-entry, descent, and landing, because of the drastic changes in atmospheric density and velocity. In highly rarefied regimes, the conventional Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations may not provide an accurate prediction of aerothermod...