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Chapter
An Experimental Investigation of Mass Transfer Cooling Techniques for Atmospheric Entry Vehicles
An experimental campaign was carried out to investigate the feasibility of using mass transfer cooling techniques such as thermal protection system (TPS) for Martian entry spacecraft’s configurations. The test...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Reynolds Number Effects on Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction in a Hypersonic Flow
The Reynolds number is found to affect the separation bubble for shock im**ement locations away from the leading edge where finite separation occurs. A decrease in separation bubble was observed with an incr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Investigation of Film Cooling Technique over a Blunt Body in Hypersonic Flow
As an alternative to conventional TPS (thermal protection system), film cooling technique has been previously extensively studied. The aim of the current work is to inject new coolants, i.e., mist (atomized wa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Investigation of Mist Injection at the Stagnation Point of a Blunt Body in Hypersonic Flow
A spacecraft re-entering Earth’s atmosphere at orbital speeds or higher is subjected to severe aerodynamic heating. Generally, large angle sphere-cone configurations are preferred as forebody to minimize aerod...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effectiveness of Film Cooling over Large Angle Blunt Cones in High Speed Carbon Dioxide Flows
In the last four decades more than a dozen of spacecrafts have been sent to planet Mars for its exploration[1].