NASA Engineering Safety Center Thermal Performance Database

R. French, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
J. Grimes, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
M. Grover, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
D. Hash, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
T. Huang, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
J. Tran, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
M. Wright, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

8:10 AM

Presentation of the 2011 Ablation Test Case

Jean R. Lachaud, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexandre Martin, University of Kentucky
Ioana Cozmuta, NASA Ames Research Center
Bernard Laub, NASA Ames Research Center

8:30 AM

Presentation of the 2011 FIAT Baseline Results

Bernard Laub, NASA Ames Research Center
Ioana Cozmuta, NASA Ames Research Center

8:45 AM

Intercalibration Results. MOPAR: Results of the Inter-code Calibration of Charring Material Response

Alexandre Martin, University of Kentucky
Jonathan E. Wiebenga, University of Michigan
Iain D. Boyd, University of Michigan

8:55 AM

Intercalibration Results. Nonequilibrium Ablation and Pyrolysis: A Fundamental Approach

James B. Scoggins, North Carolina State University
Hassan A. Hassan, North Carolina State University

9:00 AM

Intercalibration Results. PATO Results for the 2011 Ablation Test-Case

Jean R. Lachaud, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nagi N. Mansour, NASA Ames Research Center

9:05 AM

Intercalibration Results. NIDA – A Non-Equilibrium based In-Depth Ablation Code

Gary C. Cheng, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Balaji Shankar Venkatachari, University of Alabama at Birmingham

9:10 AM

Intercalibration Results. A Conservation-Law Form of the CMA In-Depth Ablation Model

Graham V. Candler, University of Minnesota

9:15 AM

Intercalibration Results. Aerofast: Thermal/Ablation Analysis of the Front Heat Shield for a Martian Aerocapture Mission

A. J. van Eekelen, Samtech, Belgium
Gregory Pinaud, ASTRIUM-SAS, France
Jean-Marc Bouilly, ASTRIUM-SAS, France

9:20 AM

Intercalibration Results. Description and Results of a Predictive Model for Pyrolysis

Rochan R. Upadhyay, University of Texas at Austin

9:25 AM

Intercalibration Results. Prediction of Density Degradation of Low Density Material Using the CHALEUR Code

Ben F. Blackwell, Sandia National Laboratories
Micah Howard, Sandia National Laboratories
David W. Kuntz, Sandia National Laboratories

9:30 AM

Intercalibration Results. MIG: Results for the Inter-code Calibration Exercise

Ankush Bhatia, University of Florida
Subrata Roy, University of Florida

9:35 AM

Intercalibration Results. Numerical Rebuilding of Ablative Test Cases using KCMA

Philippe Reynier, Ingénierie et systèmes avancés, France

9:40 AM

Intercalibration Results. Charring Ablator Thermal Response Model (CAT) – A High-Fidelity Material Response Model

Nagi N. Mansour, NASA Ames Research Center
Jean R. Lachaud, University of California, Santa Cruz
Thierry Magin, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Julien de Muelenaere, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

9:45 AM

Intercalibration Results. Prediction of Material Decomposition of a Low Density Material Using the CMA Code

Micah Howard, Sandia National Laboratories
David W. Kuntz, Sandia National Laboratories
Ben F. Blackwell, Sandia National Laboratories

9:50 AM

Intercalibration Results. Hero: Heat Transfer and Erosion Analysis Program

Mark E. Ewing, ATK Aerospace Systems
Daron A. Isaac, ATK Aerospace Systems
H. Heath Dewey, ATK Aerospace Systems

10:00 AM

Group Discussions

Alexandre Martin, University of Kentucky
Jean-Marc Bouilly, ASTRIUM-SAS, France
Ioana Cozmuta, NASA Ames Research Center

10:05 AM