Abstract: The impetus of this paper is the comparative applications of two numerical schemes for supersonic flows using computational algorithms tailored for a supercomputer. The mathematical model is the ...

Abstract: An algorithm is developed to obtain numerical simulations of flows about complex configurations composed of multiple and nonsimilar components with arbitrary geometries. The algorithm uses a ...

Abstract: To improve the performance of a highly swept supersonic wing, it is desirable to have an automated design method that also includes a higher fidelity to the flow physics. With this impetus, ...

Abstract: Important characteristics of acoustic wave propagation are encoded in their dispersion relations. Hence, a computational algorithm, which attempts to preserve these relations, was investigated. ...

Abstract: Turbulent shear flows at supersonic and hypersonic speeds around a nozzle-afterbody are simulated. The three-dimensional, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved by a finite-volume and ...

Abstract: There is a strong need for advancements to compute unsteady flows involving moving boundaries and bodies. Currently, there appear to be two dynamic approaches and their variants proposed for ...

Abstract: A mathematical formulation is developed for aerodynamic sensitivity coefficients based on a discretized form of the compressible, two-dimensional Euler equations. A brief motivating introduction to ...

Abstract: An aerodynamic shape optimization method has previously been developed by the authors using the Euler equations and has been applied to supersonic-hypersonic nozzle designs. This method has also ...

Abstract: Effectiveness of two devices to suppress the cavity acoustics was computationally investigated. Two dimensional, computational simulations were performed for the transonic, turbulent flows past a ...