Simulation of a supersonic flow around a body with a frontal gas-permeable insert by using a skeleton model of a highly porous cellular material

Numerical simulation of supersonic flow past a cylinder with a frontal gas-permeable insert is performed using the skeleton model of a highly porous cellular material. Numerical simulation was carried out within the framework of two-dimensional RANS equations written in an axisymmetric form. The skeleton model is a system of coaxial rings of different diameters, arranged in staggered order. The calculations were carried out in a wide range of determining parameters: Mach numbers M_∞ = 3, 4.85 and 7, unit Reynolds numbers Re_1∞ = 13.8 10⁵ 13.810⁶ m^-1, the cylinder diameter 640mm, the length of the porous insert 345mm, the cell diameter of 1 and 3 mm. The results of the calculations are consistent with the available experimental data. The applicability of the skeleton model for the description of supersonic flow around axisymmetric bodies with front inserts from cellular-porous materials is shown.