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Title: Ablation problems using a finite control volume technique

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OSTI ID:10143161

An element based finite control volume procedure is applied to the solution of ablation problems for 2-D axisymmetric geometries. A mesh consisting of four node quadrilateral elements was used. The nodes are allowed to move in response to the surface recession rate. The computational domain is divided into a region with a structured mesh with moving nodes and a region with an unstructured mesh with stationary nodes. The mesh is costrained to move along spines associated with the original mesh. Example problems are presented for the ablation of a realistic nose tip geometry exposed to aerodynamic heating from a uniform free stream environment.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
10143161
Report Number(s):
SAND-93-0284C; CONF-9306128-1; ON: DE93009861
Resource Relation:
Conference: Moving boundaries `93: computational modeling of free and moving boundary problems,Milan (Italy),23-25 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English