Aerospace

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ESA Expert Vehicle

Re-entry of the ESA Expert vehicle in Earth atmosphere at Mach 19.

Simulation was solved parallel with 316 CPUs.

Performed by AndreaLani, MarcoPanesi and FabioPinna

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Re-Entry Vehicle Nose Flow

Flow in Earth re-entry conditions around the nose of a space vehicle.

Air modelled with local thermal equilibrium of 11 species.

Performed by AndreaLani

Comparison with perfect gas solution.

N2 dissociates at high temperatures, and NO is fast to recombine after shock wave.

High enthalpy nitrogen flow in thermochemical nonequilibrium around a double cone geometry (run 42 in RTO RTG 043 contest) with FluctSplit.

Performed by AndreaLani and MarcoPanesi

Roto-translational temperature.

, 50% Computed surface heat flux vs. experimental measurements.

High enthalpy 5 species air flow in thermochemical nonequilibrium around a finite cylinder (condition III in RTO RTG 043 contest) with FiniteVolume.

Performed by AndreaLani and MarcoPanesi

Roto-translational temperature.

Computed surface heat flux vs. experimental measurements.

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