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Planetary Entry Integrated Models
Start date:2010-05-01
End date:2014-04-30
Project Acronym:PHYS4ENTRY
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BARI | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Mario |
Piazza Umberto I BARI ITALIA Region:SUD PUGLIA Bari |
| Tel:+39-080-5442088 | |
| Fax:+39-080-5442024 | |
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| URL:http://www.uniba.it/dipartimenti/dip_ppm/ | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
One of the major technological challenges associated with the access to planetary surfaces is the entry of the space vehicle in the planetary atmospheres at superorbital speeds. The problem is the very large heat released to the vehicle surface by the surrounding gas either as convective heating or as radiation. Optimization of the thermal shield design can have a profound impact on the overall mission mass, volume (and therefore energy and cost) budgets. However, a poor knowledge of the physics of hypersonic entry is the limiting factor.
Uncertainties increase with the entry speed, in particular as radiation becomes a considerable contribution to the overall heat load. Significant advance can only be achieved when the uncertainties in the physical modelling have been considerably reduced. The main goal of this study is, therefore, a thorough analysis of the physics behind space vehicle entry into planetary atmospheres and an improvement of crucial elements of the modelling that allows reliable predictions of flight conditions.
This study is therefore concerned with the development of advanced chemico-physical and plasma models of hypersonic entry flows. Advanced models mean the description of the nonequilibrium chemical kinetics of the high temperature medium on the basis of a state-to-state approach. This approach, in turn, calls for a microscopic description of the elementary processes that play a role in the high temperature reactive gas mixtures surrounding the space vehicles during the entry phase. The predictive capabilities of the theoretical models will be assessed against well defined experimental measurements and their impact on the overall heat flux to the surface will be estimated by Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations of realistic ground and flight tests.
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Project Details
Start date:2010-05-01
End date:2014-04-30
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:242311
Project cost:2791134 EURO
Project Funding:1961533 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Space Exploration
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://users.ba.cnr.it/imip/cscpal38/phys4entry/index.html
Subject index:Space & satellite research
Results for this Project
| Periodic Report Summary - PHYS4ENTRY (Planetary entry integrated models) | 12/10/2012 |
| Periodic Report Summary 2 - PHYS4ENTRY (Planetary Entry Integrated Models) | 01/02/2013 |
Other participants
| Organization name:VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Olivier |
Chaussee de Waterloo RHODE-SAINT-GENESE BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region: |
| Tel:+32-23599637 | |
| Fax:+32-23599600 | |
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| URL:http://www.vki.ac.be | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
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Name:Gilles |
Rue Michel -Ange PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-1-45075017 | |
| Fax:+33-1-45075819 | |
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| URL:http://www.cnrs.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA | |
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Name:Federico |
Via Maiorise CAPUA - CASERTA ITALIA Region: |
| Tel:+39-0823623407 | |
| Fax:+39-0823623835 | |
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| URL:http://www.cira.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON | |
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Name:Greta |
Gower Street LONDON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) GREATER LONDON |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA | |
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Name:Antonio |
PIAZZA DELL' UNIVERSITA 1 PERUGIA ITALIA Region:CENTRO (I) UMBRIA Perugia |
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| Organization name:CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | |
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Name:Domenico |
Piazzale Aldo Moro 00185 ROMA ITALIA Region:LAZIO Roma |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA | |
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Name:Ramon |
GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 08007 BARCELONA ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona |
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| Organization name:POLITECNICO DI TORINO | |
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Name:Elisabetta |
CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI TORINO ITALIA Region:NORD OVEST PIEMONTE Torino |
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| Fax:+39-0110906899 | |
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| URL:http://www.polito.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | |
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Name:Aniela |
Pl. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie SKR. POCZT. 85 POZNAN POLSKA Region:WIELKOPOLSKIE M. Poznan |
| Tel:+48-616652667 | |
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| Organization name:SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCH & PRACTICES SRL - SER & PRACTICES SRL | |
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Name:Tatiana |
VIA ORABONA BARI ITALIA Region:SUD PUGLIA Bari |
| Tel:+39-0805443277 | |
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| Organization name:INGÉNIERIE ET SYSTÈMES AVANCÉS | |
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Name:Philippe |
Avenue Pey Berland PESSAC FRANCE Region:SUD-OUEST AQUITAINE Gironde |
| Tel:+33-556479274 | |
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| Organization name:A. ISHLINSKY INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE*IPMECH RAS | |
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Name:Sergey |
PROSPEKT VERNADSKOGO MOSCOW Russian Federation Region: |
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