That's right.
However I doubt the gases from the retro engives can propagate upstream to the nose of the rocket. At this location, the flow is clearly downstream and at Mach number around 2-3 as indicated by the shock angle.
I would favor an optic explanation, involving the change of density...
Ok thanks,
I also see that using an elastic-plastic material can also help going around the problem. I'll see if I can improve that, or if the whole thing is just a bad idea.
One more time a wing tip device is supposed to bring astonishing fuel savings...
A couple of observations :
* The guy started from the worst case of a rectangular wing without any tip fairing (first picture). This kind of wing tip dissipates more energy because of non-optimal distribution of...
It is a conical shock wave originating from the nose of the rocket at supersonic speed (see "shock wave" on wikipedia). What I don't understand is what phenomenon makes it visible on this picture.
Sylvain
Actually the idea is not to simulate something real but to use linear elasticity in order to perform interpolation between known displacements vector of a cloud of points. The cloud of points are considered part of an elastic continuum, supposed to deform under the effect of their imposed...
Hi experts,
I am experimenting with a FEM package and try to solve a very simple static linear problem :
Take a sphere made up of solid linear isotropic elastic material. Impose :
- zero displacement on the boundary of the sphere and
- arbitrary displacement to the node located at the center...
