Ablation Behavior of Rudder Wing Structure in Hypersonic Environment
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 4
Abstract
In the flight process of a rudder wing structure in a hypersonic environment, a large temperature gradient is generated due to severe aerodynamic heating, leading to structural strength failure or ablation failure under the coupling effect of thermal stress aerodynamic force. Therefore, this paper proposes a method to study the ablation behavior of the hypersonic rudder wing structure. Based on the basic theories of hypersonic aerodynamics and structural mechanics, a fluid–solid–thermal coupling model of the rudder wing structure in a hypersonic environment is established. The temperature distribution and deformation of the rudder wing structure in the service state are obtained. In addition, the finite element analysis method based on automatic remeshing simulates the ablation of the rudder wing structure in a hypersonic environment. Under inflow conditions, the leading edge of the rudder has high temperatures and large deformation. The ablation simulation results are compared with the wind tunnel test results, and the results show that the proposed method can be applied to the study of service behavior in a hypersonic environment.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the National Defense Basic Research Funding Project JSHS2014208C001.
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Volume 36 • Issue 4 • July 2023
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Received: May 21, 2022
Accepted: Sep 15, 2022
Published online: Apr 21, 2023
Published in print: Jul 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Sep 21, 2023
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