Three-dimensional unsteady model of arc heater plasma flow

Jeremie B.E. Meurisse; Alejandro Alvarez Laguna; Marco Panesi; Nagi N. Mansour

doi:10.1016/j.ast.2022.107465

Three-dimensional unsteady model of arc heater plasma flow

Jeremie B.E. Meurisse
, Alejandro Alvarez Laguna
, Marco Panesi
, Nagi N. Mansour

NASA Ames Research Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Abstract

Arc jets are unique facilities used to evaluate the performance of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for hypersonic vehicles. They produce high pressure and high enthalpy plasma flow to simulate the extreme heat encountered during atmospheric entry. The constricted arc heater part of an arc jet increases the test gas temperature by Joule heating. This study details the development of the three-dimensional unsteady plasma flow analysis tool, ARCHeS (ARC Heater Simulator). Coupled Navier-Stokes, radiative transfer and Maxwell equations yield current density, magnetism, radiation, and flow field solutions. The present work constitutes the first demonstration of an unsteady three-dimensional plasma flow simulation of high pressure and high enthalpy arc heater that captures kink instabilities of the electric arc. It is found that the arc attachment is mainly driven by upstream arc instabilities.

Original language	English
Article number	107465
Journal	Aerospace Science and Technology
Volume	123
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2022.107465
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2022

Keywords

Arc heater
Arc instability
Arc jet
Joule heating
Plasma
Radiative transfer

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