An immersed interface methodology for simulating supersonic spacecraft parachutes with fluid-structure interaction

作     者：Boustani, Jonathan Barad, Michael F. Kiris, Cetin C. Brehm, Christoph 

作者机构：Univ Kentucky Dept Mech Engn Lexington KY 40506 USA NASA Computat Aerosci Branch Ames Res Ctr Moffett Field CA 94035 USA Univ Maryland Dept Aerosp Engn College Pk MD 20740 USA 

出 版 物：《JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES》 (流体与结构杂志)

年 卷 期：2022年第114卷第0期

核心收录：

学科分类：080704[工学-流体机械及工程] 080103[工学-流体力学] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：NASA ARMD's Transformational Tools and Technologies (T3) project Computational Aerosciences Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, USA NASA's Entry Systems Modeling (ESM) project 

主　　题：Immersed interface method Higher-order finite difference methods Cartesian grid methods Porosity modeling Fluid-structure interaction Spacecraft parachutes 

摘      要：The capability of a computational fluid-structure interaction method for simulating thin shell structures with an immersed boundary method and a nonlinear structural dynamics solver is extended in order to simulate supersonic spacecraft parachutes. Methodologies for the representation and motion tracking of thin, sub-grid resolution, thickness Lagrangian geometries in a static Eulerian background mesh are presented in detail. Logical functions for constructing reliable near-wall finite difference operators in the presence of thin geometries and trapped/concave volumes of space are presented. The Darcy-Forchheimer momentum equation is solved as a jump condition at the immersed interface in order to model the porosity of parachute broadcloth. A parallel contact identification and enforcement strategy based on first principles is introduced and validated. The coupled method is then used to simulate wind tunnel experiments conducted to support the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. In these experiments, a sub-scale MSL disk-gap-band parachute is inflated in a range of Mach numbers and dynamic pressures. The computational method shows good agreement with the experimental data, and where available, other simulation and empirical data, in terms of the opening load magnitude at various Mach numbers and the sustained aerodynamic performance measured by the coefficient of drag. Following quantitative comparison, a qualitative analysis is performed to investigate the effect of freestream Mach number, material porosity, and the bluff upstream payload on the main flow features. (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.