Two Dimensional Compressible Flow Analysis over a Generic Cruise Missile Model

Abstract

This study presents Two Dimensional Compressible Flow Analysis Over a Generic Cruise Missile Model. The aerodynamics analysis carried out by use of Fluent Software. Here the pertinent Cruise missile geometry data had been chosen is BGM-109 tomahawk missile. Basically the flow problem around this missile model is a three dimensional flow problem. Treating the flow problem in view as two dimensional flow case, since their result will be used as a comparison purposes with the CFD code which currently under development. The aerodynamics analysis of this missile model carried at the free stream Mach number M = 0.7 for three different angle of attacks α = - 50, 0 and α = 50 . Here the flow is treated as an inviscid compressible flow applied to the missile configuration as (1) fuselage alone, (2) a combined configuration as fuselage and tail and (3) as wing body tail configuration. The results obtained by use of fluent software for those three configurations indicate the flow pattern surrounding object in term of flow properties ( pressure, density and Mach number ) change significantly between the missile as fuselage alone and their other combined configurations. As the angle of attack increase the change of flow pattern surrounding the missile become apparently compared to flow pattern at zero angle of attack. In addition to this, a symmetrical solution between the result at angle of attack α = 50 and α = -50 are also found.