DocumentCode
26436
Title
Interaction of Air Plasma With Ablating Heat Shield Material
Author
MacDonald, Megan E. ; Jacobs, Carolyn M. ; Laux, Christophe O.
Author_Institution
Lab. EM2C, Ecole Centrale Paris, Châtenay Malabry, France
Volume
42
Issue
10
fYear
2014
fDate
Oct. 2014
Firstpage
2658
Lastpage
2659
Abstract
Air plasma at approximately 6000 K and atmospheric pressure interacts with an ablative heat shield material. Three physical phenomena are observed: material spallation, evidence of a cooler boundary layer region near the ablator surface in the case of the first material, CBCF, and sodium emission near the ablator surface in the case of the second material, ASTERM.
Keywords
plasma boundary layers; plasma diagnostics; plasma-wall interactions; sodium; ASTERM; Na; ablator surface; air plasma interaction; cooler boundary layer region; heat shield material ablation; material spallation; physical phenomena; pressure 1 atm; Atmospheric modeling; Carbon; Heating; Plasma temperature; Resins; Ablation; impregnated insulation; inductively coupled plasma torch; spallation; spallation.;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2014.2307911
Filename
6762923
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