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| description | Specialized skill for hypersonic vehicle aerodynamic and thermal analysis |
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Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics Skill
Purpose
Provide specialized hypersonic vehicle aerodynamic and thermal analysis capabilities including real gas effects, aerodynamic heating, and thermal protection system design.
Capabilities
- High-temperature gas dynamics
- Real gas effects modeling
- Aerodynamic heating prediction
- Thermal protection system sizing
- Shock-boundary layer interaction
- Ablation modeling
- Transition prediction (hypersonic)
- Chemically reacting flow analysis
Usage Guidelines
- Account for real gas and chemical non-equilibrium effects
- Use appropriate turbulence models for hypersonic boundary layers
- Predict transition location and heating augmentation
- Size TPS with adequate margins for heating uncertainty
- Consider ablation effects on aerodynamic shape
- Validate predictions against ground test data where available
Dependencies
- High-fidelity CFD codes
- Real-gas models
- Thermal protection system design tools
Process Integration
- AE-001: CFD Analysis Workflow (hypersonic regime)
- Advanced hypersonic vehicle design processes