Asymmetrical Lateral Jet Interaction on a Slender Body in Supersonic Flow

Abstract

The lateral jet interaction on a slender body with rudders in supersonic flow had been investigated by numerical simulation, when the lateral jet is not in the longitudinal symmetry plane. It was called Asymmetrical lateral jet interaction in this paper. The flow features of jet interaction flowfield on the surface of the body or in the space far from the surface at different angles of attack and total pressure of jet was analyzed. As a result, the lateral jet interaction disturbed the pressure distributions of the slender body, and it was divided into near-field interaction near jet and far-field interaction aft-body on the basis of distance to jet. With the variety of the angle of attack and total pressure of jet, the pressure distributions at the aft-body change tempestuously, thereby the normal and lateral load will be from positive to negative, or reverse. The results also showed that the far-field interaction played a major role in the lateral jet interaction on a slender body in supersonic flow. The far-field interaction was caused by the changing of the outflow direction and intensity. Besides, the force/moment amplification factors presented highly nonlinear with the variety of angle of attack and total pressure of jet.