Future space missions, such as return from Mars, will require entry speeds of the order of 15    km / s . These harsh conditions are dominated by radiative heat flux and have large modeling uncertainties related to radiative coupling, such as precursor radiation and ablation radiation coupling. These conditions have also never been tested in a flight scenario and have limited ground testing data available. This study investigates the feasibility of generating these conditions in the X2 expansion tube at the University of Queensland so that these flows can be tested over scaled test models for the study of shock relaxation, heat flux, shock standoff, or ablation. This paper presents a theoretical performance map of the X2 facility for the generation of these conditions before it presents some of the unique issues that may be encountered when generating and investigating them. Some preliminary experimental data are then presented, showing that these 15 km/s equivalent flight speed test conditions can be generated in X2 within the current performance limits of the facility.


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    Titel :

    Generating High-Speed Earth Reentry Test Conditions in an Expansion Tube


    Beteiligte:
    James, Christopher M. (Autor:in) / Lewis, Steven W. (Autor:in) / Morgan, Richard G. (Autor:in) / Liu, Yu (Autor:in) / Lefevre, Alexis (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-10-27


    Format / Umfang :

    18 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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