Study of emission turbulence-radiation interaction in hypersonic boundary layers

L. Duan, I. Sohn, N. Grube, M. P. Martín, D. A. Levin, M. F. Modest

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Abstract

We conduct large-eddy simulations (LES) to study the effects of emission turbulentradiation interaction (emission TRI) in hypersonic turbulent boundary layers, representative of the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV) at peak heating condition during reentry. A Quasi Steady State (QSS) model is used to generate electronic state populations for atomic radiating species. The effect of new electron impact ionization and excitation rates to QSS are investigated, particularly with respect to the modeling of electronic state distributions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen in the boundary layer. LES fields with and without emission coupling are considered. The uncoupled results show that emission TRI only subtly increases total emission, and the coupled results show that TRI has negligible influence on mean quantities (mean temperature, velocity and total emission) as well as turbulent kinetic energy, but significantly enhances the diminish of temperature fluctuations and total emission fluctuations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Jan 4 2010Jan 7 2010

Publication series

Name48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Other

Other48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period1/4/101/7/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering

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