@inproceedings{Silva2008,
title = {EXPERIMENTAL PLASMA WIND TUNNEL FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT SIMULATING},
author = {Silva and W G Maciel and H S Charakhovski and L I Essiptchouk},
url = {https://www.sige.ita.br/edicoes-anteriores/2008/st/2_1.pdf},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
urldate = {2008-01-01},
booktitle = {Simp\'{o}sio de Aplica\c{c}\~{o}es Operacionais em \'{A}reas de Defesa 2008 (SIGE2008)},
abstract = {An experimental Plasma Wind Tunnel was developed at ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics). The setup allows simulating the hypersonic flight conditions at high altitudes using a plasma torch setup. This paper discus the particularity of the experimental setup and the methodology used to the Mach number measure in the plasma jet. The results of thermal protection system materials tested are presented. Plasma jet of about 18 mm diameter were obtained using a plasma torch of 25 kW at 300 Pa. This condition corresponds to altitude of 40 km. The plasma jet reaches an enthalpy up to 14 MJ/kg, heat fluxes up to 3 MW/m2 and up to Mach number 3.8 . Key-words ( Plasma, Plasma Wind Tunnel, Plasma Torch, hypersonic flow, atmospheric reentry.},
keywords = {atmospheric reentry, hypersonic flow, Plasma, Plasma Torch, Plasma Wind Tunnel},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
An experimental Plasma Wind Tunnel was developed at ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics). The setup allows simulating the hypersonic flight conditions at high altitudes using a plasma torch setup. This paper discus the particularity of the experimental setup and the methodology used to the Mach number measure in the plasma jet. The results of thermal protection system materials tested are presented. Plasma jet of about 18 mm diameter were obtained using a plasma torch of 25 kW at 300 Pa. This condition corresponds to altitude of 40 km. The plasma jet reaches an enthalpy up to 14 MJ/kg, heat fluxes up to 3 MW/m2 and up to Mach number 3.8 . Key-words ( Plasma, Plasma Wind Tunnel, Plasma Torch, hypersonic flow, atmospheric reentry.
