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Hypersonic flow over spherically blunted cone capsules for atmospheric entry. Part 2. Vibrational non-equilibrium effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2023

Jan Martinez Schramm Open the ORCID record for Jan Martinez Schramm [Opens in a new window] ,
Klaus Hannemann  and
H.G. Hornung Open the ORCID record for H.G. Hornung [Opens in a new window]
Jan Martinez Schramm*
Affiliation:
Spacecraft Department, Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
Klaus Hannemann
Affiliation:
Spacecraft Department, Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
H.G. Hornung
Affiliation:
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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†Email address for correspondence: jan.martinez@dlr.de
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Abstract

Atmospheric entry capsules shaped as spherically blunted, large apex-angle cones are widely used in space missions. In Part 1 of this study (Hornung, Martinez Schramm & Hannemann, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 871, 2019, pp. 1097–1116) we explored flows over the two elements of the capsule shape, the sphere and the sharp cone with detached shock, theoretically and computationally. Using a large number of inviscid, perfect-gas computations, analytical functions of two independent variables, the normal-shock density ratio $\varepsilon$ and a cone-angle parameter $\eta$ (which is a function of $\varepsilon$ and the cone half-angle $\theta$) were found for the dimensionless shock wave stand-off distance and the drag coefficient of a sharp cone. An analytical description was found for the shock stand-off distance in the transition from the 90$^\circ$ cone (flat-faced cylinder) to the sphere. In Part 1, it was speculated that the perfect-gas results have relevance to non-equilibrium situations if the normal-shock density ratio is replaced by the density ratio based on the average density along the stagnation streamline. In Part 2, the investigation is extended to blunted-cone capsule shapes. High-precision force measurements and schlieren image analysis are performed in the High-Enthalpy Shock Tunnel Göttingen (HEG) of the German Aerospace Centre using air as the test gas, at conditions where vibrational non-equilibrium effects are significant. Accordingly, results are compared with viscous numerical predictions using different physico-chemical models. A theoretical model is constructed for the density profile along the stagnation streamline that is determined by the free stream conditions and gives the average density. Comparisons of the experimental and numerical results for the dimensionless shock stand-off distance and the drag coefficient, with the extension of the analytical functions of Part 1 to vibrationally relaxing flow, exhibit very good agreement in all of a range of geometries.

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Aerodynamics: High-speed flow Compressible Flows: Hypersonic Flow
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 954 , 10 January 2023 , A32
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