Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Major
Aerospace Engineering
Research Advisor
Vigano, Davide
Advisor's Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Funding Source
Summer Scholars Program
Abstract
Thermal capacitance calorimeters are the standard instrument used to measure cold wall heat fluxes in high-enthalpy flows that simulates hypersonic flight conditions. These instruments play a fundamental role in the development and testing of Thermal Protection Systems for space re-entry conditions. However, despite their rugged and simple design, they are affected by large uncertainty errors. These have been estimated in literature at 15%. Despite their importance, and large errors, no proper uncertainty analysis has been performed. Uncertainty analysis is difficult due to the complex physics of the environment these calorimeters have to operate into.
Biography
Logan is a senior majoring in Aerospace Engineering. She is a part of the Aerodynamics Reasearch Lab run by Dr. Davide Vigano and is also a member of the Missouri Satellite Research Team.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Innovation Forum - 1st Floor Innovation Lab
Presentation Date
10 April 2024, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Uncertainty quantification of thermal capacitance calorimeter for high-enthalpy flows
Innovation Forum - 1st Floor Innovation Lab
Thermal capacitance calorimeters are the standard instrument used to measure cold wall heat fluxes in high-enthalpy flows that simulates hypersonic flight conditions. These instruments play a fundamental role in the development and testing of Thermal Protection Systems for space re-entry conditions. However, despite their rugged and simple design, they are affected by large uncertainty errors. These have been estimated in literature at 15%. Despite their importance, and large errors, no proper uncertainty analysis has been performed. Uncertainty analysis is difficult due to the complex physics of the environment these calorimeters have to operate into.
