Prediction of flight measurements of high enthalpy nonequilibrium flow from a cubesat-class atmospheric probe

Spectral radiation is sensitive to many physical chemical aspects of high-enthalpy, non-equilibrium flows affect radiation and heat transfer estimates at low-earth altitudes, which is important as a flow diagnostic. For diatomic molecules, high energy collisions in the bow shock region result in ro-vibrionic transitions and release of photons in different wavelength bands. In this work, the Direct Simulations Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is used for the SASSI2 mission to determine the external flow field around a 3U CubeSat. The Nonequilibrium Radiative Transport and Spectra Program (NEQAIR) code is used to determine ultraviolet radiation from nitric oxide and the tangent slab approximation is used to estimate spacecraft visible glow radiance from nitrogen dioxide. Additional calculations are performed to provide a sensitivity analysis of radiance estimates based on the DSMC code utilized, chemical reaction rates, and CubeSat orientation.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aerospace Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Morgan, Jonathan Deming

Contributors dc:contributor

• Levin, Deborah A.

• hypersonic,nonequilibrium,cubesat,DSMC

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Jonathan Morgan

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101076

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F101076