Conclusion

7.
7.1 Conclusion

The Prithvi missile is one of the mostly used and preferred missiles in our country. It is able
to combat with ultimate turns and maneuvers. To increase the accuracy, fuel efficiency and
structural strength of this missiles, it is desirable to know the suited material to withstand
applied structural loads and thermal stresses due to aerodynamic heating, also flow behavior
in different conditions is necessary to be determined. So, in this project all 3 type of analysis
i.e. structural, aerodynamic and thermal analysis was conducted using Ansys 16.1
workbench after creating the missile model using CATIA V5R21 and Solidworks software.
In aerodynamic analysis, we analyzed velocity, pressure for subsonic, supersonic and hyper
sonic speed regimes. The results are illustrated in above sections in the form of contours,
vectors and streamlines. In structural and thermal analysis, we analysed structural/ thermal
stress, strain and deformations over entire missile body using 3 different materials i.e.
structural steel, aluminium alloy and titanium alloy. The results discussion and analysis is
illustrated in above sections. Overall this project helps us to visualize the behavior of actual
flow in different conditions in the form of contours for aerial vehicles and to choose
appropriate materials for this vehicles and weapons which can withstand highest structural
and thermal stresses and undergoes lowest deformations.

7.2 Recommendation for further work

Implementing capable missile weapons equipped with latest technology is common need and
strength of any country in this modern competitive world. To manufacture and test such
missiles, designers 1st need to have throughout knowledge of analysis and modelling
software. Then they need to design a model as per prescribed desirable capabilities such as
range, warhead speed etc. Then to save money, time and resources, we need to visualize
behavior of missile in different flow conditions as well as failure possibilities. Then after, we
can go for final manufacturing and testing.

In this project, we have done basic aerodynamic analysis with 3 different speed and only
static structural and thermal analysis with 3 different materials. But in actual practice,
missiles has to undergo sudden, very large and more changes in speed, temperature and
direction. At that time, these simple boundary conditions are not sufficient enough to ensure
behavior and safety of missiles in airfield. So, further we can do so called “Complex”
analysis with mixed boundary conditions such as transient structural/ thermal analysis with
varying loads, missile crash analysis, coupling of thermal- structural analysis to study the
effects aerodynamic heating on missile structure, missile fatigue analysis etc. For that, 1st one
need to adapt the knowledge of remaining Ansys workbenches and tools.
We will also create real live model of Prithvi missile with scale 1:10 and test it with real
flow in wind tunnel during upcoming semester. Additionally, structural and thermal analysis
should be done for composite, smart materials to achieve desired strength and lifespan except
the mentioned 3 materials.

7.3 Lessons learn from missile analysis and project work

In 7th semester there is a subject named Rocket Missile Technology in our syllabus. So, we
decided to do our project on missiles. 1st we did literature review in which we referred
almost 30 research papers & 5 patents regarding to missiles. We came to know so much new
concepts and technologies incorporated in missiles, their basic components, types, structures,
warheads and trajectories. We were taught only 2D analysis in Ansys fluid flow fluent
workbench. So, 1st we went throughout online study on you-tube and NPTEL to get more
aware of new features of design software CATIA/ solidworks and to learn 3D analysis in
analysis software Ansys as well as structural and thermal analysis. We’ve done so many
experiments on analysis of Prithvi missile in these software. Every mistake taught us a new
thing. It requires so much practice to operate them frequently. But these CFD and numerical
techniques are more beneficial for engineers due to their versatility of the functionality over
a wide range of engineering purpose. It saves time, money and resources. There is no need to
do paperwork. So, it is more accurate and human errors can be reduced. It is versatile in the
flow conditions where actual flow analysis is impossible using tools like wind tunnel. They
are ecofriendly producing no pollution due to experiments and there are no chances of
accidents in using these CFD techniques.