02.3 - Basic Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE METHOD FOR DRAG ESTIMATION FOR WEDGE-LIKE FAIRINGS IN HYPERSONIC FLOW
A. Roussel¹, S. Prince¹, M. Viguer¹, A. Kshitij¹, J. Stollery¹, K. Garry¹; ¹Cranfield University, United Kingdom
The addition of wedge-like fairings onto the side of missiles and space launch vehicles, to shield devices such as cameras or reaction jet nozzles, creates additional drag, particularly when in supersonic/hypersonic flow. An experimental and computational study was performed to obtain data on wedge configurations and develop simple theories for the drag due to these types of fairings.