Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Control of the Shape and Position of a Bow Shock Wave, Drag and Lift Forces, and Self-Sustained Flow Pulsations Using Stratified Energy Supply |Chapter 8 | Physical Science: New Insights and Developments Vol. 3

 

In this study, a method for controlling high-speed flows using a continuously acting thermally stratified energy deposition is presented. The study analyses the dependence of the shape and position of a bow shock wave, drag and lift forces, and self-sustained flow pulsations on the temperature values ​​in the layers of a stratified energy source acting on an aerodynamic body. Numerical modelling is based on the system of the Navier-Stokes equations for viscous heat-conducting gas (air) at freestream Mach number M∞=2. A detailed visualisation of the dynamics of the density, pressure, temperature, and local Mach number fields during the controlled establishment of steady-state flow regimes is presented. Multiple manifestation of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability is demonstrated. Sharp peaks accompanying the development of Richtmyer–Meshkov instabilities are observed. These peaks persist even in the steady-state flow regime established under the action of stratified energy supply, changing the shape of the bow shock wave and giving it a wavy form. Basic approaches to controlling the shape and position of the bow shock wave, drag, and lift (pitch) forces (at zero angle of attack), as well as stability in steady-state supersonic flow past an aerodynamic body, have been developed using a continuously operating thermally stratified energy deposition. The possibility of generating and damping self-sustaining flow pulsations, as well as the formation of a steady flow with opposing, continuously acting lift forces, is demonstrated by changing the temperature in the layers of the thermally stratified energy source. The practical application of the developed methods for control of the characteristics and stability of high-speed flow/flight can be associated with the development of non-mechanical control systems for aircraft at the stage of echelon (horizontal) flight.

 

Author(s) Details

 

O. A. Azarova
Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str. 44, Moscow 119333, Russia.

 

Please see the book here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/psniad/v3/6675

 

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