The gap effect is a key factor in the design of the heat sealing in super- sonic vehicles subjected to an aerodynamic heat load. Built on S-A turbulence model and Roe discrete format, the aerodynamic environment around a gap on the surface of a supersonic aircraft was simulated by the finite volume method. As the presented results indicate, the gap effect depends not only on the attack angle, but also on the Mach number.
Song MoHaiming HuangGuo HuangXiaoliang XuZimao Zhang
