Numerical Analysis of Plasma Flow over a Hypersonic Waverider

Numerical simulations are performed to understand the plasma flow physics over a hypersonic waverider at different flight Mach numbers and altitudes. Various CFD codes, including Loci/CHEM, Fluent and Kestrel, with Park’s chemical kinetics models will be used in this study to investigate the context of weakly ionized hypersonic flowfields. These numerical results will be compared with analytical and empirical models.

PRESENTER

Donbrock, Ashley
ashley.donbrock@gmail.com
(517) 526-1857

AFRL

CO-AUTHORS

Tam, Chung-Jen
chung-jen.tam@us.af.mil

Keith, Harrison
harrison.keith.1@us.af.mil

Stoner, Colton
harrison.keith.1@us.af.mil

Smith, Craig
craig.smith.57.ctr@us.af.mil

CATEGORY

Computational Fluid Dynamics

SYSTEMS USED

Raider and Carpenter

SECRET

No