Heat flux predictions for hypersonic flows with an overset near body solver on an adaptive block-structured Cartesian off-body grid

JA McQuaid, C Brehm - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
The manual volume mesh generation process for body-fitted CFD codes can be a time-
intensive process, particularly for complex flight vehicles. The work shown here presents a …

Finite-rate and equilibrium study of graphite ablation under arc-jet conditions

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, EC Stern, GE Palmer… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arc-jet facilities play a primary role in recreating aerothermal conditions experienced by
atmospheric entry vehicles and are widely used to test the performance of thermal protection …

Validation and analysis of a coupled fluid-ablation framework for modeling low-temperature ablator

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm, A Martin - International Journal of Heat …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ablation of certain highly volatile materials, such as camphor, naphthalene, and dry ice, can
be achieved at relatively mild hypersonic conditions in unheated wind tunnels. This provides …

Study of a Two-Dimensional Shape Change of Blunt-Body Geometries at Hypersonic Conditions Using Fully Coupled Simulation

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm… - AIAA AVIATION 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-4006. vid The majority of
atmospheric entry vehicles use heat shields made of thermal protection materials that ablate …

Simulation of graphite ablation using an overset near body solver on an adaptive block-structured cartesian off-body grid

JA McQuaid, AL Zibitsker, A Martin… - AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-4088. vid The simulation of
ablative environments provides a number of challenges for numerical methods such as …

Numerical assessment of camphor ablation flight relevance in hypersonic wind-tunnel testing

M Rotondi, MT Migliorino, D Bianchi, P Pagani… - Journal of Spacecraft …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Designing thermal protection systems (TPS) for ballistic reentry capsules requires both
reliable numerical tools and experimental facilities to evaluate surface ablation and its …

Study of Graphite Ablation at Arc-Jet Conditions using Finite-Rate and Equilibrium Chemistry Models

AL Zibitsker, A Martin, JA McQuaid, C Brehm, G Palmer… - ICCFD11, 2022 - ntrs.nasa.gov
Moving at hypersonic speeds through the atmosphere generates immense amount of heat
that triggers thermo-chemical non-equilibrium effects in the flow approaching the vehicle …

Deviation from equilibrium thermochemistry and aerodynamic heating assumptions in the ablation process of camphor

AL Zibitsker, JA McQuaid, C Brehm… - AIAA aviation 2023 forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3486. vid A heritage approach to
simulate thermal response and ablation of protection materials relies on assumptions of …

Numerical Investigation of Fluid-Ablation Interactions for a Mach 5.3 Transitional Boundary Layer Flow Over a 13 Degree Cone

SD Dungan, JA McQuaid, AL Zibitsker… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0476. vid Direct numerical
simulation (DNS) of the laminar-to-turbulent transition process is per-formed over a low …

Numerical investigation of film coefficient approximation for chemically reacting boundary-layer flows

J Cooper, G Salazar, A Martin - Journal of Thermophysics and Heat …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Aerothermal analysis of spacecraft planetary entry is heavily dependent on heritage
engineering models. The film coefficient heat transfer model examined in this paper …