ABLAMOD: Advanced Ablation Characterization and Modelling European Project Description

Gregory Pinaud, Airbus Defense and Space, France
A. Guelhan, German Aerospace Center, Germany

10:45 AM

Ablator Response Model Development & Challenges

Nagi N. Mansour, NASA Ames Research Center

11:10 AM

Surface Effects and Phenomena on Ablative Materials

Alexandre Martin, University of Kentucky

11:35 AM

Investigation of Surface Radiation in Earth Re-Entry Flows with Graphite Ablation

Christopher Alba, Air Force Institute of Technology

1:30 PM

Uncertainty Analysis of Carbon Ablation in the VKI Plasmatron

Alessandro Turchi, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
P. M. Congedo, INRIA, France
Bernd Helber, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
T. E. Magin, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

1:55 PM

Material Response Characterization of New-Class Ablators in View of Numerical Model Calibration

Bernd Helber, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
Alessandro Turchi, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
T. E. Magin, von Karman Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Belgium

2:20 PM

Microscale Modeling of Ablative Thermal Protection System Materials

Eric Stern, University of Minnesota
Graham Candler
Tom Schwartzentruber
Ioannis Nompelis
Michael Barnhardt

2:45 PM

Development of Modeling Capabilities for Decomposing Ablators

Roy Hogan, Sandia National Laboratories

3:10 PM