Effects of Thermal and Chemical Nonequilibrium on Response of Charring Ablative Materials
Chemical Kinetics and Thermal Properties of Ablator Pyrolysis Products During Atmospheric Entry
Direct Validation of Approximate Models for Molecular Vibrational Transition
Parametric Study of Transpiration Cooling Using Oxides for Sharp Hypersonic Leading Edges
Recent escalating interest in the development of highly maneuverable hypersonic vehicles demands sharp leading edges. However, sharp
...Novel Lightweight Loop Heat Pipe Radiator for High-Power Space Systems
High-power space systems reject a large amounts of waste heat via medium- or high-temperature radiators. For this application, the heat
...Hot Corrosion Damage Modeling in Aeroengines Based on Performance and Flight Mission
Hot corrosion is a form of chemical damage that causes surface degradation, sound material loss, and reduced component life. A lifing
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Analysis of Shock Deceleration Effects in the NASA Electric Arc Shock Tube
Complex processes related to nonequilibrium thermochemistry and radiation are a fundamental aspect of atmospheric entry flowfields
...Two-Temperature Modeling of Nonequilibrium Relaxation and Dissociation in Shock-Heated Oxygen
Absolute Measurements of Air Shock-Layer Radiation in the T6 Aluminium Shock Tube
This paper presents the first experimental measurements of shock-layer radiation from a new high-enthalpy ground-test facility: the T6
...Existence of Infinitely Many Optimal Iso-Impulse Trajectories in Two-Body Dynamics
The question of how many impulses are necessary to optimize a transfer-type maneuver has remained open for decades. Recently, the
...Effect of Plasma Sheaths on Earth-Entry Magnetohydrodynamics
Computational and Experimental Study of Nonequilibrium Flow in Plasma Wind Tunnel
High-Temperature Nonequilibrium Air Chemistry from First Principles
A mid-infrared laser absorption diagnostic was deployed to examine the evolution of thermophysical properties across a simulated
...Natural Convection of Reacting Chemical in Square Enclosure with Circular Cylinder
Natural convection characteristics of a reacting chemical are presented considering a circular cylinder at different locations in a
...Simulation of Oxygen Chemical Kinetics Behind Incident and Reflected Shocks via Master Equation
Investigation into Effect of Residence Time on Cooling Characteristics of RP-3
Efficient utilization of chemical heat sinks and enhancement of heat transfer are key issues for the thermal protection of advanced
...Kinetic and Continuum Modeling of High-Temperature Air Relaxation
Numerical Research of Spontaneous Condensation of Boron Oxide Vapor in Flat Nozzles