Modeling Nonequilibrium Radiation in High Altitude Plumes

Abstract

This is final report summarizes the research carried out on the development of numerical approaches for simulating the radiation emitted in high-altitude plumes of spacecraft and missiles. In Appendix I, we describe the development of ultra-violet radiation model for the hydroxyl radical that is implemented in a particle-based Monte Carlo approach for simulating the plumes. In Appendix II, we describe a plume radiation calculation for the plume of the ammonia arcjet flown on the USAF ESEX flight experiment. The research performed in this grant has led to significant advances in the capabilities for modeling these flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387925

Entities

People

  • Iain D. Boyd

Organizations

  • Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Altitude
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Exchange Reactions
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Radiation
  • Reaction Mechanisms
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster