03.4 - Applied Aerodynamics
ENGINEERING-BASED TOOL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL ESTIMATIONS OF RE-ENTRY VEHICLES AEROTHERMODYNAMICS
P.E. Di Nuzzo, Italy; M. Maione¹, G. Pezzella¹, A. Viviani¹; ¹University of Campania, Italy
The paper deals with the development, implementation, validation, and application of an engineering-based tool able to determine the aerothermodynamic loading environment the assigned re-entry vehicle must withstand during the hypersonic flight. The tool, based on predictive models that are faster than other more reliable simulation approaches (e.g., Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD), is particularly suitable to feed Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) procedures to develop next generation re-entry vehicles