Reacting Flows Simulation with Applications to Ground to Flight Extrapolation
Abstract
The development of next generation reusable space vehicles requires a precise qualification of their Thermal Protection System materials. The catalytic properties are usually determined in plasma wind tunnels for sets of test conditions relevant to the planned flight mission program. Therefore, for such a situation, it is important to have a methodology that allows for the correct extrapolation of the ground test conditions to the real flight ones and vice-versa. The Local Heat Transfer Simulation concept presented in this paper is a possible strategy to accomplish such a task. The computational results show that the ground test conditions are indeed correctly extrapolated to the flight ones and a simple method to account for possible discrepancies between the two configurations is presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA476445
Entities
People
- P. F. Barbante
Organizations
- Polytechnic University of Milan