TY - JOUR T1 - Modelling Rarefied Hypersonic Reactive Flows Using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 1095 EP - 1121 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/04 SN - 18 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.080115.010515s UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/11062.html KW - AB -

This paper presents the implementation, validation and application of TCE (total collision energy) model for simulating hypersonic reactive flows in a parallel direct simulation Monte Carlo code, named PDSC++, using an unstructured grid. A series of benchmarking test cases, which include reproduction of theoretical rate constants in a single cell, 2D hypersonic flow past a cylinder and 2D-axisymmetric hypersonic flow past a sphere, were performed to validate the implementation. Finally, detailed aerothermodynamics of the flown reentry Apollo 6 Command Module at 105 km is simulated to demonstrate the powerful capability of the PDSC++ in treating realistic hypersonic reactive flow at high altitude.