Process development for grid generations to simulate hypersonic flow around a generic re-entry capsule

• Main Author: Krishna Contractor
• Other Authors: Jorg Uwe Schluter
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68796
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

After the retirement of the Space shuttle, space agencies around the world have turned to space return capsules for re-entry missions. During re-entry into the atmosphere, the capsule undergoes manoeuvres at extremely high speeds reaching 20 Mach and beyond. At such hypersonic conditions, several...