Validation and analysis of a coupled fluid-ablation framework for modeling low-temperature ablator

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm, A Martin - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ablation of certain highly volatile materials, such as camphor, naphthalene, and dry ice, can
be achieved at relatively mild hypersonic conditions in unheated wind tunnels. This provides …

Fully-coupled simulation of low temperature ablator and hypersonic flow solver

AL Zibitsker, J McQuaid, C Brehm, A Martin - AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0676. vid Interaction between
physical systems in nature occur seamlessly, where two or more processes affect each other …

Study of a Two-Dimensional Shape Change of Blunt-Body Geometries at Hypersonic Conditions Using Fully Coupled Simulation

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm… - AIAA AVIATION 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-4006. vid The majority of
atmospheric entry vehicles use heat shields made of thermal protection materials that ablate …

Numerical analysis and wind tunnel validation of low-temperature ablators undergoing shape change

D Bianchi, MT Migliorino, M Rotondi, A Turchi - International Journal of Heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ground testing of ablative materials aims at providing critical data on the material behavior
under hypersonic reentry conditions. This is normally done in plasma wind tunnel facilities …

Development of combined hypersonic test facility for aerothermodynamic testing

S Yang, I Choi, G Park - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In this study, a combined test facility was developed using a combination of an arc-jet tunnel
and a shock tunnel for aerothermodynamic testing. The performance validation of individual …

3D infrared temperature maps measurements of ablative materials during plasma wind tunnel experiments

A Fagnani, B Helber, A Hubin… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate surface temperature and recession measurements are crucial experimental data
for plasma wind tunnel testing of ablative thermal protection materials. In this work we …

Numerical assessment of camphor ablation flight relevance in hypersonic wind-tunnel testing

M Rotondi, MT Migliorino, D Bianchi, P Pagani… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Designing thermal protection systems (TPS) for ballistic reentry capsules requires both
reliable numerical tools and experimental facilities to evaluate surface ablation and its …

Deviation from equilibrium thermochemistry and aerodynamic heating assumptions in the ablation process of camphor

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm… - AIAA aviation 2023 forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3486. vid A heritage approach to
simulate thermal response and ablation of protection materials relies on assumptions of …

Simulation of a Low Enthalpy Ablator into a Hypersonic Boundary-Layer

WJ Condren, T Hermann, M McGilvray - AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Understanding the behaviour of ablative materials is required for improved margins for TPS
for spacecrafts. Low enthalpy ablators are used in place of more typical ablative materials …

[PDF][PDF] 3D infrared temperature maps measurements of ablative materials during plasma wind tunnel experiments

DJG Carvalho, FF da Silva, JFP Fernandes - cris.vub.be
Accurate surface temperature and recession measurements are crucial experimental data
for plasma wind tunnel testing of ablative thermal protection materials. In this work we …