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Aerodynamics plays an important factor in the design of a missile. In this paper, a study of the aerodynamic characteristics has been carried out for a 2D missile geometry using CFD simulations. The missile chosen for the analysis was the first modern ballistic missile, V2 Rocket. Parametric study at supersonic and hypersonic flow regimes at 0° and 5° angle of attack was carried out. Two different types of computational grids were generated with one of them resolving the boundary layer. The grid and computational domain were generated using the ANSYS Workbench environment. The numerical simulation was carried out using ANSYS Fluent.
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Abbreviations
- CL:
-
Lift coefficient –
- M:
-
Mach Number –
- CD:
-
Drag coefficient –
- α:
-
Angle of attack (°)
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We would like to thank the management of Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, India, for providing us with the resources needed for conducting this research. Moreover, we would like to thank the ICFTES committee for providing us with this opportunity to publish this paper.
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Goyal, P.K., Sivasubramanian, J. (2024). Numerical Study on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Supersonic and Hypersonic Missiles. In: Das, S., Mangadoddy, N., Hoffmann, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems . ICFTES 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5990-7_42
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