Comparisons and applications of numerical simulation methods for predicting aerodynamic heating around complex configurations

Numerical simulation methods of aerodynamic heating were compared by considering the inuence of numerical schemes and turbulence models,and attempting to investigate the applicability of numerical simulation methods on predicting heat flux in engineering applications. For some typical cases provided with detailed experimental data,four spatial schemes and four turbulence models were adopted to calculate surface heat flux. By analyzing and comparing,some inuencing regularities of numerical schemes and turbulence models on calculating heat flux had been acquired. It is clear that AUSM＋-up scheme with rapid compressibilitymodified high Reynolds number k鈥撓？model should be appropriate for calculating heat flux. The numerical methods selected as preference above were applied to calculate the heat flux of a 3-D complex geometry in high speed turbulent flows. The results indicated that numerical simulation can capture the complex flow phenomena and reveal the mechanism of aerodynamic heating. Especially,the numerical result of the heat flux at the stagnation point of the wedge was well in agreement with the prediction of Kemp鈥揜iddel formula,and the surface heat flux distribution was consistent with experiment results,which implied that numerical simulation can be introduced to predict heat flux in engineering applications.