International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems

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In the present study, a numerical simulation is conducted to predict the influence of convergent-divergent nozzle geometry and NPR on the skin friction and shockwave location. Various shapes of nozzles are numerically simulated using the Computational Fluid Dynamics code. The shock position is examined to demonstrate the impact of nozzle shape on its location. Skin friction is shown to be smoothly decreasing at the divergent part of the nozzle for all NPRs lower than 2.0. However, an inverse behavioural trend was observed at NPR equal to 2. This could be attributed to the fact that the large disturbance of fluid near the wall is the major factor behind such an oddity. The results also show that the shock position is reliant on the nozzle geometry at certain NPR.

Keywords

Supersonic Nozzle, Skin Friction, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nozzle Pressure Ratio, Shock Wave.
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