MHD Enhanced Entry System for Space Transportation

Projektinformationen

MEESST

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 899298

DOI

10.3030/899298

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 26 Mai 2020

Startdatum 1 Oktober 2020

Enddatum 30 September 2024

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 482 057,50

EU-Beitrag

€ 3 482 057,50

Koordiniert durch

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

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Leistungen

Documents, reports (21)

Review of experiments for MHD systems

This report will summarize details of past experiments for magnetic shielding and radio blackout mitigation performed by different groups worldwide and, in most cases, involving permanent magnets or normal conducting coils to generate magnetic fields. The potential for improvements, particularly by using superconducting magnets to provide higher magnetic fields will be shown, as well as different requirements for ground and flight experiments.

Review of modelling for MHD-enabled systems

This report will review the critical aspects and shortcomings of state-of-art computational tools for plasma flows including MHD effects, with particular focus on thermochemical nonequilibrium models (needed for an accurate prediction of electron densities and electrical conductivities) and on the treatment of flow-electromagnetic field interactions. The most representative (re-)entry plasma codes will be analysed.

Heat flux experiments w/o magnet report

A report will discuss a set of heat flux experiments conducted in high-enthalpy air flows, utilizing well-qualified and commonly deployed heat flux probe designs available at IRS. Experimental data will be made available on a public repository.

Dissemination and exploitation plan (1)

This document discusses the plan for dissemination and exploitation of the project outcomes. First version at the end of RP1.

Validation results for heat flux w/o magnet

A report describes the validation of the advanced modelling tools of IRS, US and KUL/VKI with respect to heat flux measurements against the experimental data gathered without the magnet. A selection of simulation data and metadata will be released on a publicy available repository.

External communication plan

This report discusses the external communication plan.

Radiation effects on radio blackout

This report will assess the influence of radiation on radio blackout mitigation for the MHD-enabled configurations to be simulated with the consortium modelling tools, including both air and CO2 mixtures.

Dissemination and exploitation plan (2)

This document discusses the plan for dissemination and exploitation of the project outcomes. First version at the end of RP2.

Design report of the HTS magnet

This report will describe the design of the HTS magnet to be used in experiments in WP2.

Radio blackout model verification results

A report will collect the verification results of improved radio blackout simulation tools by US and KUL/VKI on ESA ARD and EXOMARS mission configurations for which flight data are available. This also includes the coupling of both codes, OP2A and COOLFluiD, to the ray tracing tool developed by UL.

Cryostat test report and user manual

This document dicusses the performance and the user guidelines for the cryostat system.

Internal communication plan

This document discusses the plan for tackling internal communication within the consortium.

Validation results for radio blackout w/o magnet

A report describes the validation of the advanced modelling tools of IRS, US and KUL/VKI with respect to radio blackout against the experimental data gathered without the magnet. A selection of simulation data and metadata will be released on a publicy available repository.

Validation results for heat flux w/ magnet

A report describes the validation of the advanced modelling tools of IRS, US and KUL/VKI with respect to heat flux measurements against the experimental data gathered with the magnet. A selection of simulation data and metadata will be released on a publicy available repository.

Radiation effects on heat flux

This report will assess the influence of radiation on heat flux mitigation for the MHD-enabled configurations to be simulated with the consortium modelling tools. The analysis will be restricted to air mixtures.

Review of radiation for magnetized re-entry

This report includes a review of available radiation tools in open literature and within the consortium, suitable for re-entry problems.

Validation results for radio blackout w/ magnet

A report describes the validation of the advanced modelling tools of IRS, US and KUL/VKI with respect to radio blackout against the experimental data gathered with the magnet. A selection of simulation data and metadata will be released on a publicy available repository.

Review of manufacturing for MHD systems

This report will review MHD-enabling technologies, including the current state-of-the-art in HTS materials and products (e.g. tapes, coils and stacks for the manufacture of electromagnets), cryogenic cooling materials and technologies (e.g. cooling circuits, cryopumps, turbo Brayton cycle, circulation systems, insulation materials, other associated subsystems), ablative and hybrid thermal protection systems (TPS), ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and active cooling systems.

Ray tracing algorithm verification results

Verification results of the extended ray tracing algorithm for radio brownout and blackout prediction in air/CO2 plasma.

Heat flux experiments w/ magnet report

A report will discuss heat flux experiments for which the magnet is included and the related MHD effects evaluated. Experimental data will be made available on a public repository.

Heat flux model verification results

A report will collect the verification results of modelling/simulation tools from IRS, US and KUL/VKI for simulating available IRS heat flux experiments on argon plasmas.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Website and logo

The website and logo for the project will be developed and released.

Dissemination materials

Various dissemination materials will be made available and continuously updated during the project.

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data management plan

This document discusses the management plan for all data (e.g. numerical, experimental, pictures, videos) which will be collected during the project.

Veröffentlichungen

Peer reviewed articles (8)

A Magnetohydrodynamic enhanced entry system for space transportation: MEESST

Autoren: Andrea Lani; Vatsalya Sharma; Vincent F. Giangaspero; Stefaan Poedts; Alan Viladegut; Olivier Chazot; Jasmine Giacomelli; Johannes Oswald; Alexander Behnke; Adam S. Pagan; Georg Herdrich; Minkwan Kim; Neil D. Sandham; Nathan L. Donaldson; Jan Thoemel; Juan C.M. Duncan; Johannes S. Laur; Sonja I. Schlachter; Rainer Gehring; Matthieu Dalban-Canassy; Julien Tanchon; Veit Große; Pénélope Leyland; A
Veröffentlicht in: Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 2023, ISSN 2468-8967
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsse.2022.11.004

Effect of electron number densities on the radio signal propagation in an inductively coupled plasma facility

Autoren: Diana Luis, Vincent Giangaspero, Alan Viladegut, Andrea Lani, Adriano Camps, Olivier Chazot
Veröffentlicht in: Acta Astronautica, 2023, ISSN 0094-5765
Herausgeber: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.07.028

Radio Communication Blackout Mitigation: Analyzing MagneticField Effects via Ray-Tracing Analysis

Autoren: J. S. Laur, V. F. Giangaspero, V. Sharma, A. Lani, N. Donaldson, M. K. Kim, J. Giacomelli, G. Herdrich, A. Hein and J. Thoemel
Veröffentlicht in: AIAA Journal, 2024, ISSN 0001-1452
Herausgeber: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/1.j062660

Influence of magnetohydrodynamics configuration on aerothermodynamics during Martian reentry

Autoren: Vatsalya Sharma, Vincent F. Giangaspero, Stefaan Poedts, Andrea Lani
Veröffentlicht in: Physics of Fluids, Ausgabe 36(3), 2024, Seite(n) 036103, ISSN 1070-6631
Herausgeber: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0191101

Design, fabrication and test of high temperature superconducting magnet for heat flux and radio blackout mitigation experiments in plasma wind tunnels

Autoren: S I Schlachter, A Drechsler, R Gehring, M Eisele, F Gretschmann, F Hornung, S Westenfelder, J Willms, V Große, A Smara, M Dalban-Canassy, A Behnke, G Herdrich, J Oswald, A S. Pagan, B Helber, A Viladegut, A Lani
Veröffentlicht in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Ausgabe 1302, 2024, Seite(n) 012021, ISSN 1757-8981
Herausgeber: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1302/1/012021

Assessment of MHD-relevant parameters in high enthalpy air plasma for flow manipulation experiments

Autoren: Johannes W. Oswald, Alexander Behnke, Georg Herdrich, Sonja I. Schlachter, Matthieu Dalban-Canassy, Andrea Lani
Veröffentlicht in: Vacuum, 2023, ISSN 0042-207X
Herausgeber: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2023.112504

Multi-physics simulation study of magnetic shielding on hypersonic vehicles

Autoren: Thomas J. Greenslade, Arun Kumar Chinnappan, Minkwan Kim
Veröffentlicht in: CEAS Space Journal, 2024, ISSN 1868-2502
Herausgeber: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12567-024-00580-w

3D ray tracing solver for communication blackout analysis in atmospheric entry missions

Autoren: Vincent F. Giangaspero, Vatsalya Sharma, Johannes Laur, Jan Thoemel, Alessandro Munafo', Andrea Lani, Stefaan Poedts
Veröffentlicht in: Computer Physics Communications, 2023, ISSN 0010-4655
Herausgeber: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2023.108663