Combined Measurements and Computations of High Enthalpy and Plasma Flows for Determination of TPM Surface Catalycity
TITLE: Measurement Techniques for High Enthalpy and Plasma Flows [Techniques de mesure pour les ecoulements de plasma et les ecoulements a haute enthalpie] To order the complete compilation report, use: ADA390586 The component part is provided here to allow users access to individually authored sections f proceedings, annals, symposia, ect. However, the component should be considered within he context of the overall compilation report and not as a stand-alone technical report. The paper presents the method for the TPM catalycity 3,5m/s V prediction on the basis of high enthalpy plasmatron heat 102rn/c transfer tests, performed in subsonic regimes, and 1400 appropriate CFD modeling of the whole plasma flow field in the plasma wind tunnel (1), viscous reacting gas ,5 flows around a test model (2), a nonequilibrium 12=1,0m0s boundary layer near the stagnation point of a test model 1200 (3) and analysis of the the heat transfer for test conditions l • 0m/s at the small Reynolds and Mach numbers (4). In general, the methodology was developed during the study of the 1000 catalytic efficiencies of the Buran TPM-the black 0 1 2 3 X, m ceramic tile and the CC material with antioxidation coating-in dissociated nitrogen and air reacting flows. Fig. 1. Surface temperature distribution along the windward This experimental-theoretical methodology has been center line of the Bor vehicle [ref 8]. Dots-the flight test modified recently for the determination of TPM data: I-CC material with antioxidation coating; 2-ceramic catalycity in subsonic carbon dioxide and pure oxygen tile, 3-ceramic tile covered with black platinum. Curves-flows from high enthalpy tests performed by using the computations at different catalytic recombination rates Kw. 100-kW inductive IPG-4 plasmatron. The interaction between combined ground test measurements and CFD modeling is considered as genesis for catalytic effects Tw, K duplication, plasma flow field rebuilding and the extraction of the quantitative catalycity parameters from the measured high enthalpy flow parameters, surface temperature and stagnation point heat fluxes.
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA FLOWS AND HYPERSONIC (RE-)ENTRY FLOWS
A review is made of the computational models of high temperature ows devel- oped over the past few years at the von Karman Institute, for the modelling of inductively coupled plasma ows and hypersonic (re-)entry ows. Both ows in local thermodynamic
Recombination of nitrogen on silica-based, thermal-protection-tile-like surfaces
This paper addresses recombination of nitrogen on silica-based surfaces. A review of sources of experimental data is given and a set of these data is selected as the basis for developing a model for heterogeneous nitrogen recombination on silica-based materials. A model is ' & presented, and this model is compared with the selected data and shown to be compatible both qualitatively (i.e., capturing the physical characteristics of the process) and quantitatively (i.e., approximating the data set). Some of the ramifications of the model are discussed.