Molecular simulation of oxygen reactions with realistic carbon and silica surfaces at high temperature

Thomas E. Schwartzentruber, Savio Poovathingal, Eric C. Stern

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Abstract

Recent computational results for gas-surface reactions including atomic level simulationsof oxygen-silica recombination and microstructure level simulations of carbon-basedablative surfaces are summarized. Atomic level calculations of oxygen-silica reactions showthe main recombination mechanism to be non-activated (associated with no energy barrier).This is in contradiction to current empirical models fit to limited experimental data. Forablative porous and non-porous TPS, where complex microstructure is important, thecapability to image a real material with micron scale resolution via x-ray micro-tomography, triangulate the surface, and directly simulate the gas-surface interaction with directsimulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: Jul 6 2015Jul 9 2015

Publication series

Name20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015

Conference

Conference20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period7/6/157/9/15

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© 2015, AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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