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Impact of non-equilibrium radiation in a high-enthalpy inductively coupled plasma wind tunnel
Sanjeev Kumar, Sung Min Jo, Alessandro Munafò +1
High-power inductively coupled plasma (ICP) wind tunnels are widely used to reproduce high-enthalpy environments relevant to atmospheric entry and hypersonic testing. Despite their…
From Coils to Surface Recession: Multiphysics Simulation of Ablation in ICP Wind Tunnels
Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Blaine Vollmer +4
This work presents a multi-solver, coupled computational framework for predicting the thermo-chemical material response of thermal protection systems in inductively coupled plasma…
Numerical analysis of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic effects in an inductively coupled plasma wind tunnel
Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Daniel J Bodony +1
This paper introduces a three-dimensional model for the 350 kW Plasmatron X inductively coupled plasma facility at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, designed for testing…
Numerical Investigation of Radiative Transfers Interactions with Material Ablative Response for Hypersonic Atmospheric Entry
Vincent Le Maout, Sung Min Jo, Alessandro Munafò +1
Radiative transfer interactions with material ablation are critical contributors to vehicle heating during high-altitude, high-velocity atmospheric entry. However, the inherent com…
Multi-physics modeling of non-equilibrium phenomena in inductively coupled plasma discharges: Part II. Multi-temperature approach
Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Sung Min Jo +1
This paper provides a comparison between the vibrational-specific state-to-state (StS) model for nitrogen plasma elaborated in Part I of this work and conventional two-temperature…
Multi-physics modeling of non-equilibrium phenomena in inductively coupled plasma discharges: Part I. A state-to-state approach
Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Sung Min Jo +1
This work presents a vibrational and electronic state-to-state model for nitrogen plasma implemented within a multi-physics modular computational framework to study non-equilibrium…
Self-consistent Modeling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Discharges
Alessandro Munafo', Sanjeev Kumar, Marco Panesi
The purpose of this work is the development of a self-consistent multi-physics modeling framework for ICP discharges. Unlike a monolithic approach, the hydrodynamics and electromag…
Rovibrational-Specific QCT and Master Equation Study on + and + Systems in High-Energy Collisions
Sung Min Jo, Simone Venturi, Maitreyee P. Sharma +2
This work presents a detailed investigation of the energy transfer and dissociation mechanisms in + and $\text{NO}(\text{X}^2Π)…
Non-equilibrium plasma generation via nano-second multi-mode laser pulses
Andrea Alberti, Alessandro Munafó, Munetake Nishihara +3
A non-equilibrium model for laser-induced plasmas is used to describe how nano-second temporal mode-beating affects plasma kernel formation and growth in quiescent air. The chemica…
A reduced-order NLTE kinetic model for radiating plasmas of outer envelopes of stellar atmospheres
A. Munafo, N. Mansour, M. Panesi
The present work proposes a self-consistent reduced-order NLTE kinetic model for radiating plasmas such as are found in the outer layers of stellar atmospheres. Starting from the m…
A Spectral-Lagrangian Boltzmann Solver for a Multi-Energy Level Gas
Alessandro Munafo, Jeffrey R. Haack, Irene M. Gamba +1
In this paper a spectral-Lagrangian method for the Boltzmann equation for a multi-energy level gas is proposed. Internal energy levels are treated as separate species and inelastic…