%0 Journal Article
%T Calculation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Hypersonic Vehicles Based on the Surface Element Method
%A Tianqiang Huang
%A Guoyi He
%A Qi Wang
%J Advances in Aerospace Science and Technology
%P 112-122
%D 2022
%I 
%R 10.4236/aast.2022.72007
%X A program for calculating the aerodynamic properties of hypersonic
vehicles based on the surface element method was developed using the
general-purpose <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">programming language C++. The calculated values of
lift coefficients, drag coefficients, and surface pressure coefficients are
discussed with the results of wind tunnel experiments using the HL-20 lift body
and the NASA hypersonic aircraft STS Columbia OV-102 as research subjects.
Finally, the results of the experimental and wind tunnel studies of the aerodynamic
characteristics of the HL-20 lift body at an altitude of 65 km and Mach numbers
of 6 and 10 Ma are discussed. The maximum error in the aerodynamic
characteristics at 6 Ma does not exceed 3%, consistent with the results. The
maximum error at 10 Ma occurs in the 11¡ã</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">14¡ã angle of attack and does not exceed 10%, which is still within the error
tolerance. The STS results for NASA¡¯s hypersonic aircraft were also tested
using this procedure. Experimental aerodynamic data for the Colombian OV-102
aircraft. The results show that the program takes only 10 minutes to calculate
the results, with no more than 2% error from the wind tunnel experimental
results.</span>
%K Surface Element Method
%K Hypersonic Vehicle
%K C++
%K Aerodynamic Characteristics
%K Engineering Calculations
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=117398