[HTML][HTML] Effect of electron number densities on the radio signal propagation in an inductively coupled plasma facility

D Luís, V Giangaspero, A Viladegut, A Lani, A Camps… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Spacecraft entering a planetary atmosphere are surrounded by a plasma layer containing
high levels of ionization, due to the extreme temperatures in the shock layer. The high …

[HTML][HTML] A Magnetohydrodynamic enhanced entry system for space transportation: MEESST

A Lani, V Sharma, VF Giangaspero, S Poedts… - Journal of Space Safety …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper outlines the initial development of a novel magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plasma
control system which aims at mitigating shock-induced heating and the radio-frequency …

[HTML][HTML] 3D ray tracing solver for communication blackout analysis in atmospheric entry missions

VF Giangaspero, V Sharma, J Laur, J Thoemel… - Computer Physics …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the atmospheric entry phase at hypersonic speed, the radio communication from/to a
space vehicle can be disrupted due to the formation of a plasma sheath within the …

Development of an implicit high-order flux reconstruction solver for the Langtry-Menter Laminar-Turbulent Transition RANS model

R Vandenhoeck, A Lani, J Steelant - Computer Physics Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents the development of the first high-order Flux Reconstruction (FR) solver
for flows governed by the compressible Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) …

Analysis of shock deceleration effects on radiation experiments in the NASA electric arc shock tube

PL Collen, M Satchell, L di Mare… - AIAA SciTech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0267. vid A fundamental aspect of
atmospheric entry flow-fields is the complex interaction between non-equilibrium …

Propagation path of radio waves in nonequilibrium reentry plasma around a nanosatellite with an inflatable aeroshell

Y Takahashi - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A communication blackout is one of the major problems that occurs during the reentry of a
satellite into the Earth's atmosphere, which is caused by the reentry plasma blocking …

[HTML][HTML] Quasi-one-dimensional non-equilibrium method for shock tube and stagnation line flows

J Clarke, S Brody, J Steer, M McGilvray, L Di Mare - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Shock tube experiments are used to investigate non-equilibrium thermochemistry and
radiative processes in reacting gas hypersonic flows. Boundary layer and shock structure …

Analysis of Shock Deceleration Effects in the NASA Electric Arc Shock Tube

PL Collen, L Di Mare, M McGilvray… - Journal of Thermophysics …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Complex processes related to nonequilibrium thermochemistry and radiation are a
fundamental aspect of atmospheric entry flowfields. Shock tubes provide a means of …

高超声速飞行器流场电磁场松耦合数值模拟

李恒, 王斌, 叶柳青, 李凯, 金科 - 力学学报, 2023 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
在高超声速再入式飞行器通信黑障问题众多解决方案中, 电磁调控方法是最具可行性的方法之一
. 一个细致可靠的电磁调控方案不仅需要准确考虑外加电磁场对导电流体作用 …

Radio communication blackout analysis of ExoMars re-entry mission using raytracing method

VF Giangaspero, A Lani, S Poedts, J Thoemel… - AIAA Scitech 2021 …, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-0154. vid This work presents a
numerical methodology to properly characterize and predict the communications blackout …