A methodology to correlate flight aeroheating environments to the arc-jet environment is presented. For a desired hot-wall flight heating rate, the methodology provides the arc-jet bulk enthalpy for the corresponding cold-wall heating rate. A series of analyses were conducted to examine the effects of the test sample model holder geometry to the overall performance of the test sample. The analyses were compared with arc-jet test samples, and challenges and issues are presented. The transient flight environment was calculated for the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator Earth Atmospheric Reentry Test vehicle, which is a planned demonstration vehicle using a large inflatable, flexible thermal protection system to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere from the International Space Station. A series of correlations were developed to define the relevant arc-jet test environment to properly approximate the vehicle flight environment. The computed arc-jet environments were compared with the measured arc-jet values to define the uncertainty of the correlated environment. The results show that, for a given flight surface heat flux and a fully catalytic thermal protection system, the flight-relevant arc-jet heat flux increases with the arc-jet bulk enthalpy, while for a noncatalytic thermal protection system, the arc-jet heat flux decreases with the bulk enthalpy.


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    Titel :

    Methodology for Flight-Relevant Arc-Jet Testing of Flexible Thermal Protection Systems


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-03-21


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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