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Turbulent flow past Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle (SSLV)

The configuration consists of a space shuttle in launch configuration, including the external tank, shuttle rocket boosters and some interconnection hardware. Computations are done for a free stream Mach number = 1.05.

Grid Details
S.No
Grid Type
Elements
No of cells (Mn)
1
Unstructured grid
body faces
13,79,1625

Test Conditions

Altitude
Angle of Attack
Mach Number
Reynolods Number
NA
-3.0°
1.05
13.12

Results

Surface Streamlines

Flow features like flow separation and flow reattachment can be seen.

Surface Streamlines Result 1
Surface Streamlines Result 2
Surface Streamlines Result 3
3D Streamlines

Complex flow features like vortices which tests the codes robustness can be seen.

3D streamlines
3D streamlines
Pressure fill plots

Various complex flow features like bow shock, canopy shock etc can be qualitatively seen.

Mach fill plot
Pressure fill plot
Pressure fill plot

References

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Resources/datasets.html
R. H. Pletcher, ``On computations of the integrated space shuttle flowfield using overset grids.", NASA--CR--186937, July 1990.

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