8th International Workshop on Radiation of High Temperature Gases for Space Missions

Radiative Heating of the Saint Valentin Meteor Entry

29 Mar 2019, 11:00

30m

Campus Puerta de Toledo of the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Meteorites

Speaker

Mario Lino da Silva (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear - Instituto Superior Tecnico)

Description

We present a Computational Fluid Radiative Dynamics simulation of the Saint Valentin entry. CFD simulations have been carried out using the ESA code TINA, whereas radiative transfer simulations have been carried out using the SPARK Line-by-Line code, with an updated database capable of reproducing molecular VUV radiation of high temperature air plasmas.

A sensitivity analysis of the radiative fluxes to the different atomic and molecular systems taken into account in the database will be presented and discussed.

The solution for TC2B-ShockTube-Lunar will also be presented, using the SPARK code in 1D configuration and the spectral database utilized in this work.

Summary

A CFD + Tangent Slab radiation simulation of a Meteorite Entry + A contribution to TC2B ShockTube-Lunar