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Volume 6, Issue 7, July – 2021 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

ISSN No:-2456-2165

Spherical Blunted Tangential Ogive Nose-Cone for


Hypersonic Vehicle
Shridhar Savat Suraj Sambhajirao Patil
Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering
Lovely Professional University Lovely Professional University

Abstract:- The vehicle moving at hypersonic speed degenerates the material faster in this process causing
experience forces which leads to slow-down of the distortion of the hypersonic vehicle shape and increasing
vehicle. This flow of fluid which makes it slow is known drag coefficient. Such a unique environment in the
as drag which plays important role while designing hypersonic flow makes the survivability of such vehicles a
hypersonic rockets for mars mission. Air drag is also unique challenge.
plays an important role in the designing of the vehicle.
The objective of the aerospace industry is to develop the The purpose of this paper is designing of the nose cone
nose cone that can travel at high speed by producing producing least drag on the rocket for mars mission. In this
optimum value of air drag & force. This investigation paper I am going to discuss the performance of the spherical
deals with computational analysis of the spherical blunted tangent ogive nose cone for the hypersonic velocity
blunted tangent ogive nose cone profile of rocket at condition at different Mach number using computational
hypersonic velocity. The outcome of nose-cone design on fluid dynamics. Flow phenomena observed in numerical
the drag is studied at hypersonic flow. The paper aim is simulations during Mach 5, 5.02, 5.04 for spherical blunted
recognize specific aerodynamic characteristics with tangent ogive nose cone. Spherical blunted tangent ogive
minimum drag at particular Mach number with nose cone profile gives higher critical Mach number and
considering density, temperature, viscosity, pressure, least drag coefficient which is desirable for the hypersonic
velocities for the hypersonic flight. The area of this paper flow.
is to develop some profile with outstanding aerodynamic
qualities and low cost for use in construction projects for II. PHYSICAL MODEL
hypersonic mission by improving their efficiency and
effect on target. The present problem is analysed in Spherical Blunted Tangent Ogive:
ANSYS fluent software. Flow over a body is observed in The shape profile is formed by a circle segment like
numerical simulation for particular Mach number for the vehicle body which tangent to the curves of nose cone at
spherical blunted tangent ogive nose cone profile & the the base. The vogue of this shape is largely due to the
parameters such as critical design aspects and simplicity of building its profile as shown in figure.
performance characteristics of the selected nose cone are
presented.

Keywords:- Mach Number, Hypersonic Flows, Nose


Profiles, Aerodynamic, ANSYS Fluid Fluent.

I. INTRODUCTION

From many years aerospace projects involve


designing, manufacturing and launching rockets and
missiles with payload that perform to reach apogee up to
mars, moon. But in hypersonic condition nose cone play an
important role reducing drag force on entire body and not
allowing flow separation which are adversative effects on
efficiency of rocket. And I strongly believe that efficiency of
rocket can be increased by producing minimum drag on
rocket. The development of hypersonic vehicles is mainly
limited due to characteristics of the hypersonic flow. When
vehicle exceeds speed of Mach 5, the stream flow causes
many uncertainties for the vehicle. One of the major Fig 1.1 Spherical blunted tangential ogive nose cone profile
difficulties is the creation of high temperature flow bringing
non equilibrium chemical flow properties such as The profile of nose cone with spherically blunted
dissociation and ionization. This process chemically reacts tangent ogive shape is created by placing a spherical section
with material at the surface level of the hypersonic vehicle on the front part of nose cone having tangent ogive shape.

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The point at which the tangent ogive intersects with the i) Pre-processing - Design, Create Mesh, Set the Boundary
sphere is called the Tangency point. The tangency point is condition as per requirement and apply Numerical
determined using: method,
ii) Processing – In this all the governing equation are solved
by using numerical method. In this we have use density
based solver.
iii) Results – In this we can get results in all the forms such
as graphs, contour, animation which helps us to
understand the results easily.

These steps are used for Ansys Workbench were the


boundary condition are kept as:-
 Mach No.- 5
 Pressure – 1 ATM
 Temperature – 300K
 Solver Set to 2nd Order Discretisation
 Monitors are set to 10-6.

III. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The results we got from Ansys Fluents for our


simulation after post-processing are discuss below. As the
incoming flow was set at hypersonic speed, the bow and
attached shocks were visible in contour.

 Pressure
This nose cone shape is designed to travel through
compressible fluid medium. In case of spherically blunt
profile, we observe highest mean pressure value on surface
of body. Thus, to attain minimum tip temperature, parabolic
nose shape is preferred. To attain the lowest value of mean
temperature on the surface, we prefer the tangent ogive nose
design. Also, by using tangent ogive shape for the nose
cone, we obtain minimum value of mean shear stress at the
surface.

Fig 1.3 Pressure Contour spherical blunted tangential ogive


nosecone

Fig. 1.2 CAD model of spherical blunted tangential ogive


nose cone

Design and Computational Methodology:


In this paper spherical blunted tangential ogive
nosecone shape is planned utilizing Solid works software.
The initial step is to create 2D model. Simulation is done in
three steps i.e.
Fig.1.4 Simulation Result Graph of pressure for spherical
blunted tangential ogive nosecone

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For spherical blunted tangential nosecone for The static pressure rises in the downstream of the shocks as
hypersonic flows, there is presence of large amount of a result increases the pressure and temperature. The sudden
pressure present at the tip of noce cone and the layer near interaction between the nose cone body & the air flow cause
the blunted surface surrounded by high total pressure layer, disturbance. And this disturbance cause the density variation
this was due to the variation of shock wave, indicating 3D in the medium which also changes the temperature. It also
flow characteristics. This can also seen it the above graph. cause equilibrium flow disturbance which will be higher
Spherical blunted nosecone, there is existence of least than ideal gas. As we can see in the above graph that the
pressure instantly downstream of the nosecone. In this we sudden rise in the density is cause due the nose cone & also
can see that the shock wave form at the nose cone it little we can see the formation of shock wave.
away from nosecone surface and this type is called detached
shock wave.  Velocity

 Density

Fig 1.7 Velocity Contour spherical blunted tangential ogive


Fig 1.5 Density Contour spherical blunted tangential ogive nosecone
nosecone

Fig.1.8 simulation results of velocity for spherical blunted


tangential ogive nosecone

Fig.1.6 Simulation Result Graph of Density for spherical The sudden change of flow will generate drag and
blunted tangential ogive nosecone shock wave at the surface of nose cone which can be seen in
the fig.1.7. The formation of shock wave changes the
Travelling at higher speed region, nose cone properties of the flow which stops the vehicle to travel fast
experiences sudden change in the properties of fluid. in the atmosphere & can also damage the vehicle. Now
Temperature, pressure and density across the shockwave’s when we talk about traveling to other planets we need the
front changes in downstream condition of the shockwave. rockets which can travel at high speed such as hypersonic

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which will also cause major changes in the shape of rocket Temperature plays an important role while design the
in different atmosphere. And this will increase the shock rocket nose cone. It depends on the aerodynamics nature of
wave force on the rocket and to reduce it we will need more the body. In the above fig. 1.9 we can we that there is
aerodynamic efficient nose cone. For body to sustain the sudden rise in the temperature at the tip of the nose cone
hperpersnoic velocities we need to keep the shock wave which can damage the nose cone & also can change the
away from the main body & which can be only done in shape of the nose cone. This rise in temperature helps in the
Bluff body due to its large surface area. Bluff body design in selection of the material of the rocket. Sometimes due to rise
aerodynamics and structural aspects become more crucial in temperature there is layer present of Space Banket at the
factor in hypervelocity vehicle. As flight velocity reaches to surface of the nose cone. Nose Cone is defined as the Front-
very high velocity, shockwaves start forming on the most part in an aircraft, Missile or Rocket. Its purpose is to
spacecraft, which further increases the velocity and pushes withstand extremely high temperature due to Atmospheric
the shock front closer to the body. Hence, the body design Drag.
plays very important role as it directly influence the
shockwave contour. The De-attached shocks which are IV. CONCLUSION
generated on body basically nose cone part of aircraft or
spacecraft travelling at higher velocity region has some The reason for this paper is to help the researcher
phenomenal use in aerospace industry. As the bow shock while selecting the nose cone for the hypersonic vehicle and
generate away from the surface, higher velocity was also for performance improvement of hypersonic flight
achievable. Blunt body design nose cone, re- entry vehicle nosecone using spherical blunted tangential ogive nosecone.
experience bow shock during the operations. By referring above outcomes of spherical blunted tangential
ogive nosecone for higher critical Mach number which is
 Temperature desirable for hypersonic flows as stated in problem
statement. This paper demonstrations the flows
characteristics, such as aerodynamic drag, pressure, velocity,
Temperature and attached shock wave formed ahead of the
spherical blunted tangent ogive cone at zero angle of attack
near the nose cones.

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Fig.1.10 Simulation Result Graph of temperature for


spherical blunted tangential ogive nosecone

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