Prediction of nonequilibrium air plasma radiation behind a shock wave

A Lemal; Carolyn Jacobs; M Y Perrin; C O Laux; P Tran; E Raynaud

doi:10.2514/1.T4550

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Prediction of nonequilibrium air plasma radiation behind a shock wave

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Prediction of nonequilibrium air plasma radiation behind a shock wave

A Lemal, Carolyn Jacobs, M Y Perrin, C O Laux, P Tran and E Raynaud

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol.30(1), pp.197-210

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T4550

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The absolute radiation measurements obtained in the electric arc-driven shock-tube facility at NASA Ames Research Center were analyzed to test the collisional-radiative model developed at cole Centrale Paris. Two conditions representative of Earth reentry at 10.54 and 11.17 km-s were investigated in the vacuum ultraviolet and infrared spectral ranges. For each of the conditions, the corresponding charge-coupled device images were analyzed. The electron number density was inferred from Stark-broadened nitrogen and H lines. Comparisons with the predicted electron number density profiles enabled us to validate the ionization rate constant model implemented in the flowfield solver and to accurately locate the shock front. For both freestream conditions and all the spectral ranges, the predictions of the initial intensity rises were improved when the total spatial smearing (due to the shock motion, the optics, and the camera) was taken into account. The nonequilibrium intensities observed in the vacuum ultraviolet and infrared spectral ranges were underpredicted by the collisional-radiative model when only electron-impact excitation and ionization processes were taken into account. Then, the effect of heavy-particle impact processes was studied by applying various multitemperature dissociation rate constant and vibration-dissociation coupling models as well as heavy-particle impact excitation models. The nonequilibrium peak intensities observed in the vacuum ultraviolet and infrared spectral ranges were shown to be controlled by heavy-particle impact excitation processes.

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Title: Prediction of nonequilibrium air plasma radiation behind a shock wave
Authors: A Lemal (Author) - Ecole Central Paris, France
Carolyn Jacobs (Author) - Ecole Central Paris, France
M Y Perrin (Author) - Ecole Central Paris, France
C O Laux (Author) - Ecole Central Paris, France
P Tran (Author) - Airbus Group, France
E Raynaud (Author) - Airbus Group, France
Publication details: Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol.30(1), pp.197-210
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.2514/1.T4550
ISSN: 0887-8722
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451055402621
Output Type: Journal article

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