Reduced Heating & Pressure
Optimized geometry reduces peak surface pressure and heat flux in hypersonic flight.
Guo, Guangming · Luo, Qin · Jinwu, Wu
Aerospace Science and Technology 2023
Peak pressure is tens of times larger than on the cavity floor
Peak heat flux is tens of times larger than on the cavity floor
Elliptical cavity has slightly smaller peak pressure and heat flux on the sidewall
Elliptical cavity has much smaller values on the cavity floor