Ablation-radiation coupling measurements in a super-orbital expansion tube facility
Event details
| Date | 29.11.2016 |
| Hour | 15:00 › 15:40 |
| Speaker | Prof. Tim McIntyre, Head of Physics, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Location |
SPC
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
At the University of Queensland we use superorbital expansion tubes to generate flow conditions simulating entry into planetary atmospheres. The current study, performed as part of the ESA funded Ablation Radiation Coupling project, focussed on examining radiation emitted from the flow over a sample return capsule with an ablating heat shield.
Operating conditions for the facility were chosen to match peak heating conditions for the Hayabusa and Phoebus missions with freestream speeds of around 9-11 km/s in an air test gas. Emission radiation was acquired within the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region 120-180nm.
Bio: Dr Timothy McIntyre's research interests are in the fields of Laser Diagnostics (Holographic Interferometry, Laser Induced Fluorescence, LEI Velocimetry, Schlieren/Shadowgraph, Spectroscopic Methods, Non-linear Methods) and Hypersonic Flow (Super-orbital flow, Scramjets, Facility Development, Non-equlibrium flow, Radiation)
Operating conditions for the facility were chosen to match peak heating conditions for the Hayabusa and Phoebus missions with freestream speeds of around 9-11 km/s in an air test gas. Emission radiation was acquired within the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) region 120-180nm.
Bio: Dr Timothy McIntyre's research interests are in the fields of Laser Diagnostics (Holographic Interferometry, Laser Induced Fluorescence, LEI Velocimetry, Schlieren/Shadowgraph, Spectroscopic Methods, Non-linear Methods) and Hypersonic Flow (Super-orbital flow, Scramjets, Facility Development, Non-equlibrium flow, Radiation)
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- SPC- Dr. Ivo Furno
Contact
- Dr. Ivo Furno