32th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

03.1 - Aerodynamics – CFD Methods and Validation

INVESTIGATION ON DIFFERENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHODS OF ROCKET ENGINE

H. Chen¹, Y.F. Yang¹, P. Xue¹, X.X. Li¹, C. Dong¹, S.Z. Wang¹, M.X. Zhang¹; ¹Beijing Institute of Space Long March Vehicle, China

Different numerical simulation methods of rocket engine based on CFD have been investigated on gas model, inlet boundary condition and computational area. Based on this investigation, an efficient numerical simulation method of rocket engine with acceptable accuracy has been recommended to the engineers.


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