Abstract:The objective of this study was to investigate the uncertainty in shock layer radiative heat predictions on the surface of a hypersonic inflatable aerodynamics decelerator during Mars and Titan entries at peak radiative heating conditions. Computational fluid dynamics simulations of planetary entry flows and radiative heat predictions possess a significant amount of uncertainty due to the complexity of the flow physics and the difficulty in obtaining accurate experimental results of molecular level phenomena. … Show more
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