3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
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…
physics.plasm-ph2026
From Coils to Surface Recession: Multiphysics Simulation of Ablation in ICP Wind Tunnels
Sanjeev Kumar, Alessandro Munafo, Blaine Vollmer +6
This work presents a multi-solver, coupled computational framework for predicting the thermo-chemical material response of thermal protection systems in inductively coupled plasma…
physics.plasm-ph2025
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…