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Ablative Thermal Protection Systems Modeling

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ISBN-10: 1624101712

ISBN-13: 9781624101717

Edition: 2013

Authors: Georges Duffa

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List price: $126.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication date: 6/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 402
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Nomenclature
Thermal Protection System Conception
Planetary Reentry
Orders of Magnitude
Major Classes of Materials for Thermal Protection Systems
Physical Problems
References
Conservation Laws for a Multispecies Gaseous Medium
Introduction
Conservation Laws
Diffusion in Neutral Medium
Diffusion in Weakly Charged Media
Calculation of Transport Coefficients
Medium in Thermodynamic Nonequilibrium
References
Elementary Chemical Reactions Modeling
Gaseous Reactions
Heterogeneous Reactions
Relationship Between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Reactions
References
Approximate Methods
Introduction
Reactive Laminar Boundary Layers
Injection (Blowing or Blocking) Coefficient
The Couette Problem Analogy
Approximate Calculation of Stagnation Point Heat Flux
Mass and Energy Balance at Wall
Steady State Ablation
References
Ablation of Carbon
Oxidation
Reactions with Nitrogen
Sublimation
Relations of Dependence
Reaction Kinetics
Homogeneous Reactions
Example: Homogeneous Medium
Partition of Energy
Relation Between Incident Flux and Ablation
Precision of the Ablation Model
Example of Calculation: A Test with Constant Upstream Conditions
References
Roughness Formation
General Considerations
Scales of the Problem
Reactivity of a Composite Material
Roughness Formation
Applications
References
Turbulence and Laminar-Turbulent Transition
Coupling Between Turbulence and Surface State
Nonlocal Effects of Turbulence
Coupling Between Turbulence and Chemical Reactions
Laminar-Turbulent Transition
References
Pyrolysis and Pyrolyzable Materials
A Simple Example: PTFE
Phenolic Resin
The General Model
The Different Levels of Solutions
Transport Properties
Application Example
Ablation of Carbon Phenolics
References
Materials Developing a Liquid Layer
Hydrodynamics of the Liquid Layer
Silica-Resin Materials
References
Radiation
Introduction
Radiative Transfer Equation
Effects of Coupling Between Flow and Radiation
Radiation in Porous Media
References
Erosion by Particle Impact
Introduction: Phenomenology
Atmospheres
Effect of Flow on the Particles
Effect of Particles on the Flow
Particle-Wall Interaction
Coupling with Ablation
Discussion
References
Testing and Specific Test Facilities
Models Used in Reentry
Plasma Jets
Radiative Facilities
Ablation Measurements
References
An Example: Apollo
Thermal Protection Design Requirements
Avcoat Material
Pyrolysis and Gas Flow
Ablation
Radiation
References
Approximate Solutions of Stefan-Maxwell Equation
System Resolution
Expression of Multicomponent Diffusion Coefficients
Thermal Diffusion
References
Approximation of Thermodynamic Properties
Thermodynamic Properties
Homogeneous Description of a Database
References
System with Variable Elemental Composition
Wall Conditions
Upstream Conditions
Pressure and Sound Velocity
Total Specific Heats
Reference
Homogenization of an Inhomogeneous Rough Surface
Smooth Inhomogeneous Surface
Rough Inhomogeneous Surface
References
Mass Loss by Pyrolysis
Sample Size
Activation Energies
Example of Thermogravimetric Analysis
Homogenization
References
Water in Phenolic Composite Materials
Resin
Fiber
Composite Material
References
Radiative Transfer in a Plane Interface of Silica
Reference
Index
Supplemental Materials