Massively Parallel and Robust High-Order Methods for Transitional Hypersonic Flow Modelling on Unstructured Grids: Application to Reusable Launcher Stages KU Leuven
During their ascent and descent trajectories, reusable space vehicles travel primarily in the hypersonic regime (5 < Mach < 25) which is characterized by high speeds, strong shock waves, chemical dissociation, radiation, viscous interaction, etc. Additionally, the flow experiences various changes in regimes, i.e. laminar, transitional and turbulent, along the trajectory. Prediction of the onset and extent of the transition from laminar ...