Return of Hayabusa Sample Return Capsule and Japanese Ablator Technologies

Tetsuya Yamada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

8:00 AM

Investigation of the Gas-surface Interaction of Innovative Carbon Composite Ablators in the VKI Plasmatron

Olivier Chazot, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Bernd Helber, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
C. Asma, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Y. Babou, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
T. Magin, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

8:25 AM

Gas-Surface Interaction Measurements in the 30kW ICP Torch Facility

Douglas G. Fletcher, University of Vermont

8:50 AM

High Enthalpy Ablation Testing at DLR Cologne

Bunkard Esser, German Aerospace Center, Germany
A. Gülhan, German Aerospace Center, Germany
U. Koch, German Aerospace Center, Germany

9:15 AM

GSI Modeling Overview: Requirements for Macroscopic Gas/Surface Interaction Coupling to CFD Codes

Matthew MacLean, CUBRC, Inc.
Jochen Marschall, SRI International

9:50 AM

Surface Catalysis Measurements Using a Diffusion-Tube Side-Arm Reactor

Jochen Marschall, SRI International

10:15 AM

Oxidation Behavior of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics Using Different High-Temperature Test Facilities

Erica L. Corral, University of Arizona
Melia Miller, University of Arizona
Luke S. Walker, University of Arizona
David Pham, University of Arizona
William Pinc, University of Arizona

10:40 AM

Characterizing TPS Microstructure – Review of Some Techniques to Capture and Quantify Scale of Microstructure

Mathew Gasch, NASA Ames Research Center

11:05 AM

In-Situ Techniques to Understand Changes in Surface Chemistry During Ablation

Samir M. Aouadi, Southern Illinois University
D. S. Stone, Southern Illinois University
C. Muratore, Southern Illinois University
A. A. Voevodin, Southern Illinois University

11:30 AM

Atomistic to Macroscopic Modeling and Validation for Gas-Surface Interactions

Thomas E. Schwartzentruber, University of Minnesota

11:55 AM