A CFD Study of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Twardowsky and FOK Rockets

• Autorzy: Sahbon Nezar , Murpani Siddharth , Michałów Maciej , Miedziński Dariusz , Sochacki Mateusz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/tar-2022-0003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Stability and performance are crucial characteristics for aerospace vehicles. The ability to investigate the aerodynamics and performance of rockets gives an insight into their stability before flight and the potential for design and performance enhancements. For the past 13 years, the Rocketry Division within the students’ Space Association of Warsaw University of Technology has been developing sounding rockets of different designs and mission profiles. Two rockets have been chosen for the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) campaigns, FOK and Twardowsky. This paper describes the mathematical model of aerodynamic loads used by the Division for sounding rocket simulation, followed by CFD campaigns for the two rockets. The results of the CFD analysis are then used to calculate the rockets’ aerodynamic derivatives according to a previously defined mathematical model.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

computational fluid dynamics; sounding rockets; aerodynamics; modeling

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa Naukowe Sieci Badawczej Łukasiewicz - Instytutu Lotnictwa
• Czasopismo: Transactions on Aerospace Research
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Nr 1 (266)
• Strony: 35--58
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 28 poz., rys., tab., wykr., wzory

Twórcy

autor

Sahbon Nezar

• Students’ Space Association, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 21/25, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-4219

autor

Murpani Siddharth

• Students’ Space Association, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 21/25, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3193-1388

autor

Michałów Maciej

• Students’ Space Association, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 21/25, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-6122

autor

Miedziński Dariusz

• Division of Mechanics, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 24, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0109-7265

autor

Sochacki Mateusz

• Division of Automation and Aeronautical Systems, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 24, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2340-496X

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Uwagi

1. The Students’ Space Association would like to thank Mesco sp. z.o.o. and ANSYS Inc. for providing the Ansys® Academic Mechanical and CFD license. The authors would also like to thank the Division of Aerodynamics at the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology for granting access to its high-performance computing cluster.

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).