The UTC Graduate School is pleased to announce that James Snuggs will present Master’s research titled, A Computational Investigation of Predicting Wind Tunnel Results for Selected Hypersonic Wing Test Structures on 03/24/2023 at 2:00 pm in Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92189294808 Password: 530881. Everyone is invited to attend.
Engineering
Chair: Kidambi Sreenivas
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Abstract:
A CFD methodology for simulating various configurations of three selected wings in Purdue University’s Boeing Air Force Office of Scientific Research Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel (BAM6QT) is presented. The NASA-developed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FUN3D, is used to calculate forces, moments, and temperature gradients. Wings with an attached elevon are also simulated, and the large wing with elevon case is used to study a moving elevon as well as static elevon deflections. A threshold frequency is found for the moving elevon where the moment imparted by the elevon increases with frequency. An attempt is made to detect unsteadiness around the 12 degree deflected elevon but it is likely more computational resources are needed for this study. Previous work from Alexander Snyder is built upon by attempting to model only the test section of the BAM6QT by using a boundary layer profile inlet condition, but results are not confirmed.