Calculation of gas flow parameters around a reentry vehicle

An original numerical algorithm for calculating the gas parameters around a reentry vehicle was described and tested. It is based on a system of Quasi Gas Dynamics (QGD) equations and its approximations on hybrid meshes, which suppose adaptive, locally thickening meshes including both rectangular and triangular cells. The results of the calculations on a sequence of condensed meshes for Mach number values of 2, 5, and 12 are presented. These results correspond to well-known data and demonstrate the high efficiency of the algorithm.