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.
Simulation of HyMETS Flowfield Around Baby-SPRITE Entry Probe
AIAA AVIATION Forum 2019 ; 2019 ; Dallas, TX, United States
2019-06-17
Conference paper
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English
AIAA-2019-3262: Simulation of HyMETS Flowfield Around Baby-SPRITE Entry Probe
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