Aerothermodynamic analysis for Atmospheric Entry Capsule
JAXA Supercomputer System Annual Report February 2022-January 2023
Report Number: R22EDU10300
Subject Category: Space and Astronautical Science
- Responsible Representative: Yasunori Nagata, Specially-appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Space Flight Systems
- Contact Information: Yasunori Nagata(nagata.yasunori@jaxa.jp)
- Members: Yasunori Nagata, Koji Abe, Souta Koyama, Ritsuki Sato, Hibiki Tatsuta
Abstract
In atmospheric entry capsules such as the Hayabusa sample return capsule, it is important to predict various fluid phenomena such as aerodynamic heating during the very high speed entry into the atmosphere. In this study, we are conducting thermoaerodynamic analysis of atmospheric entry capsules to understand various phenomena. Specifically, (1) prediction of the thermoaerodynamic environment of a deployable flexible aeroshell flight experimental capsule, (2) evaluation of the thermoaerodynamic environment of capsule models in expansion tube experiments, and (3) understanding of fluid phenomena related to MHD interaction effects are being conducted.
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Reasons and benefits of using JAXA Supercomputer System
In order to properly analyze the flow around an atmospheric entry capsule in hypersonic flight, it is necessary to use a high-quality computational grid with an object-adaptive structure grid. Pointwise, which is available as ISV software, can not only generate a computational grid along an object surface, but can also flexibly adjust the computational grid, significantly reducing the time required to generate the grid. In particular, Pointwise’s powerful smoothing functions produce high-quality computational grids even for deployable flexible aeroshell capsules with complex geometries. Therefore, we decided to use ISV software. The fluid analysis was performed on our own workstation using in-house code.
Achievements of the Year
For issue (1), a two-dimensional axisymmetric fluid analysis was performed to estimate the aerodynamic heating rate to simulate the thermal environment during the flight experiment of the deployable flexible aeroshell in 2021 (Figure 1). The estimated stagnation point heat flux is low (30-45% of the predicted value by empirical equation), but is reasonable considering the flight data of temperature sensors. We will continue modeling the thermal environment to reproduce the temperature data.
For issue (2), an expansion tube is an experimental device that can generate a high-speed, high-enthalpy flow and can simulate an atmospheric entry flight environment. However, the duration of the flow is extremely short, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient information on the flow from experimental measurements. Therefore, we attempted to estimate the flow from both experimental measurements and fluid analysis (Figure 2). Specifically, we attempt to estimate the flow conditions that match the experimental visualization results within the expected range of flow parameters.
For issue (3), electromagnetic fluid analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of flow control technology using electromagnetic force. It was found that the shock wave shape can be significantly changed by applying electromagnetic force near the shoulder of a two-dimensional wedge shape (Figure 3). We will continue to study this situation and investigate whether it can be applied to flow control technology.
Publications
– Oral Presentations
Ritsuki Sato, Osamu Imamura, Yasunori Nagata, Kazuhiko Yamada, MHD Fluid Analysis of Hypersonic Plasma Flow around Wedge Shape, Symposium on Shock Waves, 1B2-4, 2023.
– Poster Presentations
Souta Koyama, Tamami Kondo, Kohei Shimamura, Yasunori Nagata, Kazuhiko Yamada, Evaluation of Aerodynamic Heating of Re-entry Capsule for Deep Space Exploration with an Expansion Tube, 66th Space Sciences and Technology Conference, P095, 2022.
Usage of JSS
Computational Information
- Process Parallelization Methods: N/A
- Thread Parallelization Methods: N/A
- Number of Processes: 1
- Elapsed Time per Case: 1 Hour(s)
JSS3 Resources Used
Fraction of Usage in Total Resources*1(%): 0.00
Details
Please refer to System Configuration of JSS3 for the system configuration and major specifications of JSS3.
System Name | CPU Resources Used(Core x Hours) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
TOKI-SORA | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-ST | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-GP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-XM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-LM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TST | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TGP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TLM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
File System Name | Storage Assigned(GiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
/home | 45.00 | 0.04 |
/data and /data2 | 450.00 | 0.00 |
/ssd | 450.00 | 0.06 |
Archiver Name | Storage Used(TiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
J-SPACE | 0.00 | 0.00 |
*1: Fraction of Usage in Total Resources: Weighted average of three resource types (Computing, File System, and Archiver).
*2: Fraction of Usage:Percentage of usage relative to each resource used in one year.
ISV Software Licenses Used
ISV Software Licenses Used(Hours) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) | |
---|---|---|
ISV Software Licenses(Total) | 267.56 | 0.19 |
*2: Fraction of Usage:Percentage of usage relative to each resource used in one year.
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