The aerodynamic characteristics of a supersonic rocket-sled with multi-facilities on the ground

Fangyuan Wang, Daren Zheng, Kuo Ding, Zhihang Liu, Yuanyuan Yu, Changyue Xu, The Third Design Department, AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Design , Research Institute, Key Laboratory of Aircraft Environment Control and Life Support, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Testing Department, AVIC Aerospace Life-Support Industries

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Published online on February 23, 2026

Abstract

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Ahead of Print.
Described in this paper is an investigation on the aerodynamic characteristics of a full-scale realistic supersonic rocket-sled in operating conditions. The scale adaptive simulation (SAS), coupled with the layer dynamic mesh method, as well as a rocket-...