ANALYSIS OF THE FLUID DYNAMICS OF A REENTRY CAPSULE USING COMPUTATIONAL METHODS

The field of space science plays an important part in the expanding technology of the contemporary period, thanks to the enormous contribution it has made to the growth of humanity. The advancement of science and technology, including rocketry, has made space travel more effective. However, in today's day and age, nations are keener than ever to send humans into space to carry out research under the guise of the word "Astronaut." The journey into space on a rocket vehicle is very vital, but just as crucial is the astronauts' safe return to earth in reentry capsules after completing their mission. This project involves the design of a conceptual design for a REENTRY vehicle as well as the performance of a hypersonic simulation to determine the velocities, pressure, wall stress, vorticity, and temperature in order to analyses the performance of the REENTRY vehicle along with the changes in angle of attack. The conceptual design of the REENTRY vehicle is evaluated with various densities, angles of attack, drag with enhanced value in case of Landing in General, and temperatures dependent on altitude.