CFD Analysis of a 3-bladed NACA 0018 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for Deployment in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Loading...
Date
2023-06-05
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
FETiCON
Abstract
The aerospace industry has prioritized reducing fatalities and failure rates after the launch of a vehicle resulting
from system or engine failure. Rocketry has been difficult over the years, and international players in the
industry are constantly attempting to learn from any failures. This paper aims to decrease material, resource, and
payload waste while ensuring crew safety by focusing on the computational modelling and aerodynamic
analysis of a single-stage launch vehicle. CATIA V5 was utilized to create the computational model of a
triggered nose cone rocket booster while ANSYS was used to analyse the trigger nose cone at different angles of
attack and determine how the trigger nose cone will behave in case of emergencies such as system or engine
failure, which could lead to the complete explosion of the launch vehicle. Based on the current findings, the
trigger nose cone is not in the safe zone when ejected at an angle of attack greater than 20° due to the
shockwave's effect on its surface when ejected from the main body of the launch vehicle.