Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea ISSN:1229-3059(Print) 2287-2302(Online) 한국전산구조공학회 논문집

A boundary layer integral combined with a 1-D isentropic core flow model has been successfully used to determine heat transfer rate on the surface of a supersonic nozzle. However its accuracy is affected by the core flow condition which is used as a boundary condition for the integral calculation. Because flow behavior near a nozzle throat deviates from 1-D isentropic condition due to 2-D flow turning and interaction between core flow and boundary layer, accuracy of heat transfer calculation decreases at a nozzle throat. Therefore, CFD is adopted to deduce improved core flow condition and increase accuracy of boundary layer integral at nozzle throat in this research. Euler model and SST k-ω model is solved by CFD code and used as a boundary condition for boundary layer integral. Developed code is tested in the supersonic nozzle from the previous research and improvement in accuracy is observed, especially at nozzle throat and diverging section of the nozzle. Error between experimental result and calculation result reduced by 16% when a calculation is made based on the SST k-ω model. Method developed in this research is expected to be used in thermal design of the rocket nozzle.