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Boundary Layer Protuberance Simulations in Channel Nozzle Arc-Jet

Author
Larin, M. E.
Published
January 04, 2010.
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1 electronic document
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Pulsonetti, M. V., Campbell, C. H., and Marichalar, J. J.
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Summary
Two protuberance designs were modeled in the channel nozzle of the NASA Johnson Space Center Atmospheric Reentry Materials and Structures Facility with the Data-Parallel Line Relaxation computational fluid dynamics code. The heating on the protuberance was compared to nominal baseline heating at a single fixed arc-jet condition in order to obtain heating augmentation factors for flight traceability in the Boundary Layer Transition Flight Experiment on Space Shuttle Orbiter flights STS-119 and STS-128. The arc-jet simulations were performed in conjunction with the actual ground tests performed on the protuberances. The arc-jet simulations included non-uniform inflow conditions based on the current best practices methodology and used variable enthalpy and constant mass flow rate across the throat. Channel walls were modeled as fully catalytic isothermal surfaces, while the test section (consisting of Reaction Cured Glass tiles) was modeled as a partially catalytic radiative equilibrium wall. The results of the protuberance and baseline simulations were compared to the applicable ground test results, and the effects of the protuberance shock on the opposite channel wall were investigated.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20100001401.
JSC-CN-19521.
48th AIAA Aerosciences Meeting; 4-8 Jan. 2010; Orlando, FL; United States.
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