02.4 - Applied Aerodynamics
THE EFFECT OF LEADING EDGE ROUNDING ON A CARET WAVERIDER CONFIGURATION AT MACH 8.2
B. McCartney¹, S. Prince¹, N. Qin, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; ¹Cranfield University, United Kingdom
This paper presents a study of the aerodynamic sensitivity of a classical Caret style waverider to leading edge rounding. Experiments and computational fluid dynamics have been employed to assess the effect on a Mach 8.2 waverider, and hasrndemonstrated that a significant loss of aerodynamic efficiency results from even the smallest level of leading edge rounding.