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Numerical Study for Base Drag Reduction Using Boattail Shape Afterbodies for Launcher Vehicles in the Supersonic Turbulent Flow (초음속 난류 유동장에 놓인 보트테일 형상 발사체 후방동체 기저 항력 감소에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Park N. E.;Kim J. S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 2004
  • Numerical analysis for pressure drag on boattail afterbodies have been studied by Mach number, boattail angle and length ratio of body diameter and base diameter using CFD-FASTRAN that the commercial external flow CFD code. The numerical results have been compared with the experimental data that have been shown pressure drag reduction and supersonic turbulent flow characteristics for boattail afterbodies. And the prediction equation tot boattail base drag has been made by the numerical results about Mach number and boattail configuration parameters.

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Drag Assessment of Transonic Missile due to Engine Plume (엔진화염에 따른 천음속 유도탄의 항력 평가)

  • Ahn C. S;Jung S. Y
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.7-11
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    • 2003
  • Accurate assessment of the effect of jet plume on the boattail pressure drag of transonic airbreathing missiles is very important to reduce drag and to satisfy the flight range and the required maneuver. Numerical results of drag analysis for boattail and base pressures due to jet plume are presented considering the turbulence modeling. Drag assessment due to the size of jet plume, the conditions of the exhaust gas, the configurations of the boattail, and transonic mach numbers is included.

Jet Effect on Afterbody Drag (후방 동체 항력에 대한 Jet의 영향)

  • Hur Ki-Hoon;Byon Woosik
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 2000
  • Parametric studies are performed of the factors influencing the afterbody drag. To display the effect of differing afterbody shapes, several ogive boattails with combinations of the base area and the angle of boattail end are computed using axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations with central differencing and a DADI scheme. And Chien's $\kappa-\epsilon$ model is employed used for computations of turbulent flows around the base region. The effects of base area, boattail angle and jet on/off are illustrated on afterbody drag at transonic speed.

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Extended Range of a Projectile Using Optimization of Body Shape (비행탄두 형상 최적화를 이용한 사거리 증대 연구)

  • Kim, Jinseok
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2020
  • A goal of improving projectile is to increasing achievable range. The shape of a projectile is generally selected on the basis of combined aerodynamics and structural considerations. The choice of body, nose and boattail shape has a large effect on aerodynamic design. One of the main design factors that affect projectile configuration is aerodynamic drag. The aerodynamic drag refers to the aerodynamic force that acts opposite to the relative motion of a projectile. An investigation was made to predict the effects of nose, boattail and body shapes on the aerodynamic characteristics of projectiles using a semi-empirical technique. A parametric study is conducted which includes different projectile geometry. Performance predictions of achievable range are conducted using a trajectory simulation model. The potential of extending the range of a projectile using optimization of projectile configuration is evaluated. The maximum range increase is achieved due to the combination of optimal body shapes.