Arc-jets are unique facilities used in research, development, and evaluation of high-temperature thermal protection systems for hypersonic vehicles and planetary entry systems. Thermochemical non-equilibrium computational fluid dynamics simulations have been carried out for the Hypersonic Materials Environmental Test System arc-jet facility to determine the size of a capsule model before arc-jet testing by better understanding of the physical phenomena. The results show the effect of the test article geometry and the importance of high-quality grids for accurate solutions. Accurate computational modeling of hypersonic flow fields inside arc-jets under simulated planetary entry conditions would help improve the design of thermal protection systems that may enable human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.


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    Title :

    Simulation of HyMETS Flowfield Around Baby-SPRITE Entry Probe


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA AVIATION Forum 2019 ; 2019 ; Dallas, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-06-17


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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