Workshop on Technology Ideas on Flight Vehicle and Fluid Dynamics Engineering

11 May 2021, 08:45 → 12 May 2021, 17:10 Europe/Amsterdam

Virtual (On-line)

Csaba Jeger (ESA), Orr Cohen (ESA), Stephan Schuster (ESA)

The proceedings and presentations of the workshop can now be downloaded (see below)!

The Flight Vehicles and Aerothermodynamics Engineering section (TEC-MPA) of ESTEC invites you to participate in the Workshop on Technology Ideas on Flight Vehicle and Fluid Dynamic Engineering. During this event, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to technology ideas delivered by the section members as short oral presentations (5-10 minutes each), followed by a round table discussion where you could share your feedback and ideas with us. Additionally, surveys will be conducted afterwards to allow to collect any additional idea or feedback you might have.

TEC-MPA will introduce and describe activity ideas with the aim to broadcast the intended and possible Invitations To Tender (ITT) that will be open in the near future. The output of the workshop will be used to compose an input for the upcoming TDE cycle, which execution is intended to take place in 2023-2024.

The topics of interest which will be presented are:

•            Developing and Improving Fluid Dynamics Tools and Techniques

•            Developing new capabilities and Maintaining Ground Testing Facilities

•            Developing and Enhancing Sensors and Measurements Techniques

•            Developing Flight Demonstrators and Flight Data Analysis Tools

 

The workshop will take place online over two days; May 11th and 12th 2021, and will be hosted on Webex. 

Registration is free of charge, however it is restricted to organisations from ESA Member States and Associate Member States.

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

TEC-MPA_Technology-Workshop-2021.pdf

Tuesday, 11 May

09:00 Workshop Introduction

1 Prediction Fluid Dynamics Methods for Propellant Tanks

2 Interaction of Fluid and Structures under Sloshing Conditions

3 Toolset for the Design of Cryogenics Systems

4 Material Point Method for Sloshing and Multiphase Flows

5 Improved Ullage Bubble Dynamics Model

6 Consistent prediction of liquid/gas interfaces in micro gravity

09:45 Break

7 Uncertainty quantification for cryogenic flow modelling in micro gravity.

8 CFD and breadboard testing for empirical data for non-isothermal applications

9 Development of an Experiment for Transient Phase Change Aspects in Microgravity for Storable or Cryogenic media

10 Spacecraft Re-fuelling Ground Testing

11 Acoustic manipulation methods for cryogenic flows

12 Cryogenic aspects of refuelling

10:50 Break

13 Instrumentation for Cryogenics Propellant Tanks

14 Ultrasonic Non-intrusive Measurement Techniques for Storable and Cryogenic Liquids

15 Development of a Sloshing and Refuelling Spacecraft Demonstrator for Micro-gravity with Non-intrusive In-flight Diagnostics

16 Development and Flight Validation of Multi-physic Tools for Propulsion Controlled Landing

17 Development of a Flight-back Booster Demonstrator Phase B

11:30 Lunch break

18 Green Propellant usage in long duration exploration missions

19 Post Flight Data Analysis Tools-set

20 Gas-Surface Interaction and Soil Erosion due to Pulsed Jets

21 Hypersonic Shockwave/Boundary-layer Interaction on Ramps and Flap Deflections

22 Multi-metal additives in solid rocket motors

13:50 Break

23 Tools for the design, analysis, and validation of ablation and erosion processes during heat transfer

24 Derisk Assessment of an Air-Breathing-Electric Propulsion (ABEP) system for a CubeSat prospecting Mars

25 Assessment of a very-high cargo Mars lander vehicle

14:50 Break

26 0D and 1D Aerothermodynamics Tools for Accurate Modelling

27 Fully Automatic Volume Mesh Generation for Fluid Dynamics

28 Multi-disciplinary Tool Coupling for Flight Vehicle Engineering

29 Validation of methods for rarefied-flow aero-thermodynamics

15:45 Break

30 New generation of sensors and instruments for aerothermodynamics

31 Pre-development of a Miniaturised Advanced Common Atmospheric Probe (MACAP)

32 Prototyping a system for parachute dynamic extraction test

33 Mastering Parachute Loading: Preliminary Design and Function Prototyping

34 Preliminary Design and Performance verification for of critical elements for high precision landing on Mars

35 EDL for Mars Penetrators

17:00 Wrap-up

Wednesday, 12 May

09:00 Workshop introduction

36 Computational Fluid Dynamics Acceleration Through Hardware

37 Multi-Phase Aspects in Cooling Hot Structures and Heat Exchangers in satellites

38 Measurement Techniques for Storable Propellant Tanks

39 Validation of Complex Propellant Network Models

40 Pneumatic-Thermodynamic Models

41 Demonstrator of a Detonation Propulsion System

42 Assessment and Improvement of Turbo-pump Chill-down

43 Aero-thermodynamics characterization of re-entry bodies in hyper-velocity flows

10:30 Break

44 Development of a Step and Gap Methodology for AIV/AIT from an Aerodynamic Perspective

45 Morphing of Aero-Thermally Loaded Structures

46 Disruptive Conceptual Sizing and Cost Optimization Methodology of Reusable Flight Vehicles

47 Transient Multi-Phase Engineering Assessment Tools for Cryogenic and Green Propellants

48 AIV/AIT Impact on Aero-Thermo-Mechanic Load Uncertainty Quantification

49 Multi-disciplinary Design Methodology for Quiet High-Speed Wind tunnels

50 Magnetic Suspension Balance Systems (MSBS)

11:55 Lunch break

51 Combined Aero-Propulsive Testing Capabilities with Active Rocket Engines

52 Bio-Inspired Micro-Textures on Improving Flight Control Devices

53 Development of a Hypersonic Flight Research Vehicle Demonstrator

54 Prototype of Re-usable Concepts for Space Transportation Flight Vehicle Engineering

55 In-Orbit Experimentation of Two-Phase Flow Phenomenon for Cryogenic Propulsion Systems

56 Atmospheric Mapping by Automated Probe Drones on Skipping Trajectories

14:00 Break

57 Simulation of Spacecraft Generated Lunar Exosphere Evolution and Global/Local Ground Contamination

58 Methods for Characterisation of Plume Radiation

59 Flush Air Data Sensing System for Entry Missions

60 SmallSat Exploration Missions Utilizing Commercial European Microlauncher System Capabilities

14:55 Break

61 Efficient Meshing and Post Processing for Aerothermodynamics Computations

62 Development of advanced state-to state thermo-physical models for high energy atmospheric entries

63 Calibrated Heat flux Device for Thermal Protection System Qualification in Europe’s Aerothermal Testing Facilities

64 Computational techniques for fast radiative transfer simulations on distributed memory machines

65 Development of a dedicated axisymmetric/3D non-equilibrium solver for shock tubes

66 Assessment of grid Fins designs of first stage recovery

16:20 Wrap-up