Complex Variable Method to Predict Aerodynamics of Arbitrary Shape Space Debris

Volume 14 Issue 4 May - July 2019

Research Paper

Complex Variable Method to Predict Aerodynamics of Arbitrary Shape Space Debris

Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov*, Mostafa Hassanalian**

* Department of Mechanical Engineering and the lab head of the Autonomous Flight and Aquatic Systems Laboratory (AFASL) at New Mexico Tech, NM, USA.

** New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,Socorro, NM, USA.

Bakhtiyarov, S. I., and Hassanalian, M. (2019). Complex Variable Method to Predict Aerodynamics of Arbitrary Shaped space Debris. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 14(4), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.14.4.16074

Abstract

The objective of this research project is to develop a novel engineering technique to predict any aerodynamics of arbitrary shape space debris in the Earth's atmosphere produced during the collisional breakup. The linear size characteristics of the cross-section of arbitrary shape space debrisare determined by using a conform representation method. A model of superposition of the molecular and turbulent viscosities was used to describe the turbulent flow of air. Using a complex variable method “linearization of single-bonded area" a universal formula for velocity of arbitrary shape space debrisis derived. This technique allows describing the aerodynamics of the space debris of various shapes, sizes and masses in the Earth's atmosphere.