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Numerical Investigation of Supersonic Dense-Gas Boundary Layers

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Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power (NICFD 2018)

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A study of dense-gas effects on the laminar, transitional and turbulent characteristics of boundary layer flows is conducted. The laminar similarity solution shows that temperature variations are small due to the high specific heats of dense gases, leading to velocity profiles close to the incompressible ones. Nevertheless, the complex thermodynamics of the base flow has a major impact on unstable modes, which bear similarities with those obtained for a strongly cooled wall. Numerical simulations of spatially developing boundary layers yield turbulent statistics for the dense gas flow that remain closer to the incompressible regime than perfect gas ones despite the presence of strongly compressible structures.

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Acknowledgments

This work was granted access to the HPC resources of IDRIS and TGCC under the allocation 2018-7332 made by GENCI (Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif). We also acknowledge TGCC for awarding us access to the Joliot-Curie supercomputer under the allocation “Grands Challenges” gch032.

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  1. DynFluid Laboratory, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, 75013, Paris, France

    Luca Sciacovelli, Donatella Passiatore, Xavier Gloerfelt & Paola Cinnella

  2. DynFluid Laboratory, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France

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Sciacovelli, L., Passiatore, D., Gloerfelt, X., Cinnella, P., Grasso, F. (2020). Numerical Investigation of Supersonic Dense-Gas Boundary Layers. In: di Mare, F., Spinelli, A., Pini, M. (eds) Non-Ideal Compressible Fluid Dynamics for Propulsion and Power. NICFD 2018. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49626-5_7

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