Assessment of high enthalpy flow conditions for re-entry aerothermodynamics in the plasma wind tunnel facilities at IRS

S Loehle, F Zander, M Eberhart, T Hermann… - CEAS Space …, 2022 - Springer
This article presents the full operational experimental capabilities of the plasma wind tunnel
facilities at the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart. The simulation of the …

Meteorite temperature measurements during ground testing

D Leiser, C Dürnhofer, E Poloni, S Löhle, P Matlovič… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Ground testing meteorite samples offer in-situ measurements of known materials in
conditions that occur during entry into Earth's atmosphere. 22 meteorite samples with a wide …

Non-intrusive measurement techniques for flow characterization of hypersonic wind tunnels

PM Danehy, J Weisberger, C Johansen, D Reese… - 2018 - ntrs.nasa.gov
This manuscript describes the wide variety of optical measurement techniques for
characterizing the flow in hypersonic wind tunnels. The introduction briefly describes …

Experimental simulation of meteorite ablation during earth entry using a plasma wind tunnel

S Loehle, F Zander, T Hermann… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Three different types of rocks were tested in a high enthalpy air plasma flow. Two terrestrial
rocks, basalt and argillite, and an ordinary chondrite, with a 10 mm diameter cylindrical …

Inferring gas temperature from N2 emission via rotational distribution of the N2 B3Πg and C3Πu states

AC Tibère-Inglesse, SD McGuire… - … Sources Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical emission spectroscopy (OES) is frequently used to measure the rotational
temperature of a plasma. The technique is relatively simple to implement and non-intrusive …

Experimental assessment of the performance of ablative heat shield materials from plasma wind tunnel testing

S Löhle, T Hermann, F Zander - CEAS Space journal, 2018 - Springer
A method for assessing the performance of typical heat shield materials is presented in this
paper. Three different material samples, the DLR material Zuram, the Airbus material Asterm …

Measurement of the aerothermodynamic state in a high enthalpy plasma wind-tunnel flow

T Hermann, S Löhle, F Zander, S Fasoulas - Journal of Quantitative …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents spatially resolved measurements of absolute particle densities of N 2, N
2+, N, O, N+, O+, e− and excitation temperatures of electronic, rotational and vibrational …

An open carbon–phenolic ablator for scientific exploration

E Poloni, F Grigat, M Eberhart, D Leiser, Q Sautière… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Space exploration missions rely on ablative heat shields for the thermal protection
of spacecraft during atmospheric entry flights. While dedicated research is needed for future …

Fabry–Perot spectroscopy for kinetic temperature and velocity measurements of a high enthalpy air plasma flow

F Zander, S Löhle, T Hermann… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The atomic translational temperatures and velocities of a low pressure, high enthalpy air
plasma are measured using Fabry–Perot spectroscopy. The measurements presented here …

[PDF][PDF] 亚大气压六相交流电弧放电等离子体射流特性数值模拟

郭恒, 张晓宁, 聂秋月, 李和平, 曾实, 李志辉 - 物理学报, 2018 - wulixb.iphy.ac.cn
以临近空间高超声速飞行器和航天器再入大气环境飞行过程中其表面产生的高密度非平衡态
等离子体为研究对象, 基于本研究组所建立的多相交流电弧放电等离子体实验平台(MPX-2015) …