CFD Analysis and Experimental Verification of Kraft Paper body tube for Sounding Rockets
- Paper number
IAC-22,C2,IP,21,x71946
- Author
Mr. Advaith P Shetty, India, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Coauthor
Mr. Shreyansh Sharma, India, R.V.College of Engineering
- Coauthor
Ms. Nithyaashree Giridharan, India, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Coauthor
Mr. Adarsh Chandra, India, R.V.College of Engineering
- Coauthor
Ms. Suchithra Prabhu N, India, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Coauthor
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, India, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Coauthor
Ms. Priya Raj, India, R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
- Year
2022
- Abstract
Sounding rockets need to move towards affordability and sustainability for students to launch all the while being eco-friendly. This paper intends to prove the aerodynamic efficiency of Kraft Paper layered with wood glue as the adhesive body tube in sounding and high-powered rocketry. The paper involves the aerodynamic coefficients obtained from CFD simulations and experimental verification from the wind tunnel operations. The values are compared to prove the accuracy. Also, efforts to develop a very simple error-correction algorithm for the values received from the CFD to match the real values are underway. This study is aimed to help students of various backgrounds to develop affordable, efficient and more environmentally-safer Sounding Rockets.
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